Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Secure CAMHS

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The post holder will be a senior therapist within the intensive support team, based in an identified locality they will also provide senior support to Speech and Language therapists in other localities providing support and advice and where required direct input into complex and high risk cases.

The post holder will work within the intensive support team contributing to multi disciplinary assessment for individuals in crisis or at high risk within the community.

The post holder will contribute to a continuous pathway for service users in-reaching into the inpatient unit where required.

The postholder will be a source of expertise around dysphasia and risk assessment and provide support and advice to others.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Clinical

The post-holder independently assesses, diagnoses and manages the communication and/or swallowing needs of clients, in particular those with the most complex difficulties, including those with challenging behaviour, to maximise appropriate health and social benefits. It will also include the management of clients for whom English is not the first spoken language.

As a member of the intensive support team the post holder provides an effective and responsive service working alongside the other team members to meet the needs of individuals experiencing a crisis.

The post-holder provides both direct and indirect intervention, consultation, advice and support; working within a multi-disciplinary model in order to ensure that the inter-agency needs of clients are met.

The post-holder undertakes advisory work, second opinions and provides peer review and advice within his/her area of expertise to support and develop the clinical skills of other staff.

In conjunction with other band 7 SLT the post- holder provides clinical supervision for other SLT posts working cross localities and this includes where appropriate providing direct input into complex cases

The post-holder liaises both orally and in writing with any significant others involved in the management of the client, within and outside the NHS, to ensure the clients needs are met effectively and efficiently.

The post-holder contributes to discussion in a multi-disciplinary forum where speech and language therapy recommendations may conflict with medical/other opinion. This is in order to facilitate quality of life and best interest decisions..

The post-holder is responsible for managing his/her own caseload, including clinical administration and appointments, in order to meet access criteria and ensure a cost-effective, quality service.

The post-holder has autonomous responsibility for maintaining accurate and contemporaneous (within 24 hours) client records, in order to ensure compliance with departmental, professional and legal requirements.

The post-holder is expected to work with clients with challenging behaviour independently and work alone in the community conducting the appropriate risk assessments as required

Service Development

The post-holder is aware of current local and national priorities, which may impact upon service delivery and contributes to the development of strategies for meeting needs.

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The post-holder takes part in clinical research opportunities and/or leads or collaborates on the writing of articles and publications relevant to their specialist field.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder adheres to the standards in place within the BDU under the pillars of clinical governance, including audit, evaluation and the identification and management of risk in any environment (clinical and non-clinical).

The post-holder is subject to annual appraisal and regular supervision.

The post-holder is expected to provide clinical supervision for a range of less experienced staff, including assistants, newly qualified therapists and others as appropriate.

Resource Management

Physical resources: the post-holder identifies and manages appropriate service equipment requirements and is responsible for security, maintenance and transportation of clinical resources in the team, including keeping inventories as appropriate.

The post-holder assists non-NHS colleagues in the identification of suitable resources to support and develop communication and safe swallowing.

Training

The post-holder identifies, writes, delivers and develops packages of training within his /her specialist clinical area, in order to advise, educate and empower multi-disciplinary groups and families/carers to both enhance and support effective communication and safe swallowing.

The post-holder identifies and pursues appropriate and relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities from a variety of sources in order to keep his/her professional knowledge up-to-date.

The post-holder provides practical procedural instruction (both clinical and non-clinical) to a range of more junior staff (both qualified and unqualified).

On a rotational basis, the post-holder supervises clinical placements for undergraduate speech and language therapists in order to assist Higher Education Institutes

The post-holder is expected to work with clients with challenging behaviour independently and work alone in the community conducting the appropriate risk assessments as required.

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy;

comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;

ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining;

comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or relevant equivalent overseas qualification.
• RCSLT License to Practice.
• HCPC registration.
• Post-basic dysphagia training.
• Postgraduate qualification relevant to post or relevant level clinical experience.
• Postgraduate qualification to Masters Level or equivalent in a field related to Speech and Language Therapy and Learning Disabilities.

Desirable

• Leadership training.
• Advanced level dysphagia training (masters level).

Physical Attributes

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
• A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Experience

Essential

• Management and leadership experience.
• Significant experience as a Band 6/7 therapist in a relevant clinical field.
• Significant experience of multidisciplinary working including development of effective networks/partnerships.
• Active participation in audit, service evaluation and research in relevant clinical field.

Desirable

• Experience of practice in a range of relevant Adult Learning Disabilities settings.
• Supervision of clinicians undertaking post-graduation dysphagia training supervised experience.
• Experience of supervision, appraisal and development of therapy staff and students.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Leadership skills.
• Good timekeeper.
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times.

Desirable

• Show creativity in working to meet the needs of people with a learning disability.
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.

Training

Essential

• Management and leadership experience.
• Postgraduate qualification to Masters Level or equivalent in a field related to Speech and Language Therapy and Learning Disabilities.
• To be willing to undertake post graduate training to further skills, knowledge and expertise.
• Documented evidence of continuing practice and professional development.
• Evidence of self-directed learning.

Desirable

• Leadership training.
• Advanced level dysphagia training (masters level).
• PBS training and awareness.

Special Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Evidence of a high standard of performance in a range of clinical skills, promoting clinical excellence.
• Good presentation skills.
• Commitment to improving the experience of service users and their cares.
• Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
• Ability to work under pressure and set priorities.
• Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in speech and language therapy and adults with learning disabilities.
• Up to date knowledge of NHS modernisation issues, transformation agenda and implications for speech and language therapy and wider services.

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of cultural and diversity issues.
• Able to demonstrate evidence based 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).