Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist

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Job summary

This post will provide clinical leadership to SLT staff in the Preston team, as well as the development of clinical pathways across Lancashire. The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical expertise inDevelopmental Language Disorder (DLD). This will involve regular updates of the DLD clinical pathway in line with the current evidence base, updating and providing DLD specific training for SLTs, parents andwider professionals and providing second opinions for SLTs working with children with DLD across the Trust. You will manage a complex caseload and be capable of working autonomously to provide direct clinicalcare. You will be able to provide effective clinical and professional supervision, be able to identify training needs of individuals and lead on the delivery of suitable training, demonstrating high level, expert speechand language therapy skills and knowledge. Within Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about providing the best possible care and continuing to improve and develop the services we provide. We are looking for a motivated person who has an interest in service transformation to improvespeech, language and communication skills for children and young people. If the successful candidate already works as a Clinical Lead within Children's Therapy Services, we willconsider whether it would be appropriate for the specialism of this clinical pathway role to change, if this also meets the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

To provide expert clinical advice to the Management and Leadership Team within the Service Line.

To provide leadership to relevant care pathways including the review and redesign of these pathways, the development and monitoring of outcome measures in relation to relevant care pathways and the continual improvement of care pathways and packages of care.

To work with other Clinical Leads where appropriate to establish clinical networks across LCFT for relevant clinical specialities and / or care pathways.

To identify training and development needs associated with specialist area of clinical practice and support other practitioners' development through delivering in house training, supervision and mentoring.

To lead the development and review of clinical protocols as relevant to specialist area.

To lead clinical service transformation projects as relevant to specialist area.

To be responsible for a highly specialist portfolio in an agreed area of expertise, which will include provision of expert advice to therapists/nurses across teams to support them in taking up the duty of care; the coordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for parents/carers and colleagues working in health and education.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

04 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN2227-MC

Job locations

Childrens Speech Therapy Greater Preston

Preston

PR1 6SB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent in speech and language therapy
Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Evidence of formal training / self study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

Detailed understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Extensive knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
Extensive knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes and their applications for children with diverse needs/ related to client group

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
Extensive experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community settings.
Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent in speech and language therapy
Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Evidence of formal training / self study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

Detailed understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Extensive knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
Extensive knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes and their applications for children with diverse needs/ related to client group

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
Extensive experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community settings.
Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Childrens Speech Therapy Greater Preston

Preston

PR1 6SB

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Childrens Speech Therapy Greater Preston

Preston

PR1 6SB

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)