Children’s Lead Speech and Language Therapist
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career in children's therapies? Do you relish building partnerships within and across organisations in order to deliver the very best to children and young people and their families?
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Children's Lead Speech and Language Therapist to join our integrated therapy service. The role is up to full time with flexible working patterns considered. We are located on the beautiful East Sussex coast with hubs in Hastings, Polegate and Crowborough. This post is suited to hybrid working.
Although based in East Sussex, we are employed by KCHFT which is an outstanding trust. We have a strong commitment to training and development with robust supervision and shadowing opportunities available. Contact Sally Pullen, Head of Service on sally.pullen@nhs.net if you would like to know more about the role and what we can offer you.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for the delivery of safe, high quality and effective care for the service alongside our Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy leads, through service and quality improvement, continuous improvement in SEND processes, assuring a skilled and competent workforce, and building strong internal and external partnerships. You will engage effectively with stakeholders and have the relationship skills to work in conjunction with parents, SEND partners, commissioners, health provider and education settings across the County. This includes liaison with tertiary services and representing the service in partnership meetings. A key element of the role is to link with the Local Authority on statutory processes and timeframes including overseeing Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment requirements, undertaking sensitive annual reviews and advising on working documents and witness statements for appeals. This role also supports the wider professional agenda for AHPs in the organisation and the post-holder will continue to carry some direct clinical work in their chosen specialist area. You will be responsible for the vision for training and development, completing training needs analysis, and linking with universities. You will have the confidence to challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate, and influence stakeholders in order to drive the three areas of universal, targeted and specialist delivery delivered by competent and appropriate practitioners.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Educated to, or actively working towards, Master's level in relevant field, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area. Evidence of post qualifying continuing professional development. HCPC Registered health care professional in the relevant professional field with degree level qualifications.
Experience
* Significant experience within the NHS, Local Authority or other statutory sector organisation. Experience of managing high level projects. Ability to apply performance management skill to assess progress within service delivery. Experience in managing highly complex, sensitive information to include analysis of data. Experience of line management. Experience of delivering training/education. Able to demonstrate delivering interventions that impact individuals, teams and processes. Previous experience of training others. Good experience of multi-agency partnership working.
* Experience of conducting formal project evaluation and/or research.
Knowledge
* Excellent knowledge of specialist area and services. Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management, clinical effectiveness and service user involvement. Proven specialist knowledge of assessment against organisational standards. Implementation of strategies and project management. Knowledge of relevant national, regional and local professional and clinical strategies and agendas.
* Knowledge and application of theories of behaviour.
Skills & abilities
* Able to engage with a wide variety of health and social care professionals. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate well and professionally with colleagues and service users. Ability to deploy a variety of negotiation and influencing strategies. Able to prioritise and delegate appropriately and clearly. Ability to manage time effectively. Ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team. Ability to be flexible according to the needs of the post and service, working across organisational boundaries where required.
Personal attributes
* An ability to work at both strategic and operational levels. A strategic thinker and effective problem solver who always has an eye on the bigger picture. A self-starter who can work from their own initiative. Capacity to handle conflict and remain calm under pressure. A flexible approach to working arrangements including remote access and significant travel.
Ability to lead & manage
* Ability to manage and lead change and inspire and develop forward thinking. Ability to lead in a complex matrix environment. Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice. Able to support the implementation of local and national agendas. Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust strategic objectives, policies and procedures. Ability to manage own time effectively.
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.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata
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