Professional Lead for Adult Speech and Language Therapy
Professional Lead for Adult Speech and Language Therapy
Are you a passionate and experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is excited to offer a leadership opportunity for a dynamic and innovative leader to join our team as the Professional Lead of Adult Speech and Language Therapy. In this pivotal role, you will spearhead the development and delivery of communication and dysphagia therapy services, ensuring our patients receive the highest standard of care. Our vision is clear. We are a dedicated, high-quality therapy service offering staff a great place to work and develop, making a positive difference to people's lives every day. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are committed to driving excellence, we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Provide clinical leadership and management to the adult speech and language therapy team.
* Oversee the delivery of specialised communication and dysphagia assessment and therapy.
* Ensure the implementation of evidence-based practices and innovative service developments.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and outcomes.
* Support and supervise junior therapists and students, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
* Participate in clinical governance activities, including audit, research, and service evaluation.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital foundation trusts in the country, and currently touch the lives of half a million patients in the west of Berkshire every year by providing high quality acute medical and surgical services for our local communities. The Trust strives to provide high quality, compassionate care for our patients and their families.
Our values:
* Aspirational
* Resourceful
The town of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. To know more about our vision, guiding principles, and more detail on Therapies department at RBFT, then please see attached slide deck.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
* HCPC Registered
* Evidence of comprehensive post-graduate training in relevant fields
* Leadership and mentoring training
Experience
* Comprehensive range of supervisory experience
* Post-graduate experience within specialist SLT service
* Experience of managing and appraising staff.
* Extensive post-graduate experience including line management and team leading
Service Development
* Lead a service development/quality improvement project
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.
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