Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Main area: Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 351-CEN2235-CL
Site: Childrens Speech Therapy, Burnley & Pendle
Town: Burnley
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/03/2025 23:59
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community-based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Job overview
An opportunity for a suitably qualified, registered and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join the forward-thinking and friendly Burnley and Pendle Children’s Therapy Team.
We are one of three Children’s Therapy teams working across the Pennine area in Lancashire and are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people, while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. The Locality Team in Burnley and Pendle consists of SLTs and OTs working together.
You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have extensive experience of managing a diverse caseload of children with speech, language and communication needs. Competency or an interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable.
We work closely with families and colleagues in health, education and social care, and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships. You will manage your own time and caseload and also support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload. We are committed to promoting professional development in all staff, and you should be enthusiastic about developing your leadership skills in service innovation, supervision and line management of junior therapists and assistants. Demonstrating a proactive approach to your own clinical and professional development and having an understanding of evidence-based practice is important.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as part of the children’s integrated therapy team providing a speech & language therapy service for children referred for assessment and intervention.
2. To be responsible for a caseload of children and young people with complex and/or additional needs.
3. To undertake comprehensive assessment of children and young people with varied presentations, using self-determined investigative and analytical skills, to formulate hypotheses in order to determine appropriate interventions and goals.
4. To establish individualized management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilizing a range of evidence-based treatment skills and options to formulate interventions and programmes of care.
5. To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, social care, and voluntary sector organizations, and parents/carers.
6. To participate in identifying service development needs and delivering service development projects.
7. To engage with and support Clinical leads within professional development activities.
8. To provide specialist advice to Team Colleagues in the area of own practice regarding specific service delivery issues.
9. To provide clinical and management supervision to junior colleagues.
Working for our organisation
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, believing 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
* Current Professional Registration with HCPC
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to post graduate level
Knowledge
* Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
* Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
* Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
* Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
* Knowledge of professional clinical local and national guidelines.
Experience
* Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice that demonstrates in-depth knowledge of specialist area
* Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
* Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non-clinical settings
* Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
* Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
* Able to work independently as lead specialist.
* Ability to manage children with challenging behaviours
* Demonstrating good leadership skills
* Problem solving/ Decision making in relation to clinical practice, HCPC standards and implications for practice
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Please be aware, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. Failure to do so may result in your application being withdrawn.
We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.
Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
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LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve, so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. You are therefore advised to consider applying for this vacancy as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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