Senior Speech & Language Therapist - Community
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 in Exeter 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
To provide specialist speech and language therapy assessments and therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents, and their families who have been referred and accepted for getting help, getting more help, and getting risk support as identified in the I-Thrive model to work with more junior clinicians providing supervision and clinical supervision, and to assist with the co-ordination of the clinic caseload. This includes:
* Managing a caseload of children and young people with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN) using evidence-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).
* Providing clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLTs in the team.
* Working with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day-to-day caseload management.
* Participating in the provision of student placements.
* Co-ordinating the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and reporting to locality lead.
* Using a strengths-based approach; ensuring clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice, and routine outcome measures.
* Promoting and supporting participation of service users across the service.
* Participating in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate.
About us
Our speech and language therapists work across several of our community-based clinical pathways: Speech Language and Communication, Neurodiversity, and Early Childhood Development. We will provide you with regular supervision, opportunities for training and development, and opportunities to be part of service development projects.
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 to enable the post holder to work autonomously.
* Relevant experience in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community.
* Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff.
* Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
Specific skills
* 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
Depending on experience per annum pro rata.
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