Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated part time B6 Speech and Language Therapist. This 3 day a week role will be based at Okehampton Hospital and will be part of the highly supportive Exeter and Okehampton S< Team, delivering a community speech and language therapy service to children and young people within clinic and education settings.
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.
Main duties of the job
1. Manage a caseload of children and young people with Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups and as part of a multidisciplinary team).
2. Provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLT's in the team.
3. Work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day to day caseload management.
4. Participate in the provision of student placements.
5. Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead.
6. Using a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and routine outcome measures.
7. Promote and support participation of service users across the service.
8. Participate in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
* Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
* Full Registration with Health Professions Council.
* Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
* Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups.
* Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to paediatric communication disorders including Learning Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Knowledge and experience
* Highly developed specialist knowledge (acquired through attending specialist short courses) to enable post holder to work autonomously.
* Highly developed specialist knowledge of independent management of complex and highly specialised caseload and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits.
* In depth knowledge of children with special needs and associated conditions underpinned by current evidence-based practice.
* Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools relevant to working with children and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits.
* Ability to make a differential diagnosis, choose appropriate treatments from a range of options and provide specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes by use of evidence-based practice.
* Ability to use specialist experience to inform sound clinical judgements/ decision making for case management.
* Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level.
* Proven relevant experience post qualification in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community.
* Competence in delivering language development training to both professional and untrained staff in the community.
* Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff.
* Experience in team leading and organising a local service/clinic.
* Experience of supervising less experienced Speech and Language Therapists.
* Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
* Experience working in early years, school age and specialist settings.
Specific skills
* Able to recognise conflict between patients and their carers/relatives and facilitate resolution.
* Able to work as an integral part of a team.
* Able to cope under pressure.
* Car owner/driver and current driving licence essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005).
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.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Team Manager - Exeter and Okehampton Team
Depending on experience.
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