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Senior Speech and Language Therapist (Experts at Hand) - CFHDDevon Partnership NHS Trust • TORQUAY, United Kingdom
Senior Speech and Language Therapist (Experts at Hand) - CFHD

Senior Speech and Language Therapist (Experts at Hand) - CFHD

Devon Partnership NHS Trust • TORQUAY, United Kingdom
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
Job description
Job summary
Exciting Job opportunities!!!

CFHD are looking to recruit a 1.0wte Speech and Language Therapist to provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy support within the Experts at Hand service through advice, consultation, modelling of strategies, training, and targeted intervention.

This position will be based in Torbay.

Please note we are also able to consider part time applications above 18.75 hours per week.

The post-holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team and autonomously to support children and young people, families, and professionals by building capacity within early years, school and post-16 settings, delivering training, and offering time-limited direct interventions where indicated.

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
The speech and language therapy service within CFHD have transformed to work within the Balanced System framework.

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

Provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLTs in the team

Work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day-to-day caseload management

Participate in the provision of student placements

Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead

Using a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and routine outcome measures

Promote and support participation of service users across the service

Participate in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate

About us
At Children and Family Health Devon, we are dedicated to improving the physical and mental health of children and young people across Devon and Torbay. We aim to create an environment where children and young people can thrive and are committed to reducing health inequalities and providing specialised support, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfilling lives.

Our children and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Who we are
We are an alliance of NHS organisations led by Devon Partnership Trust. We are a group of professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, nurses and many other professions.

Join us in beautiful Devon
With access to moors, sea and cities, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy Devon. Whether you enjoy spending time in the cultural hub of Exeter, exploring the Jurassic coastline or discovering the world surfing reserve in North Devon there really is something for everyone.

Job responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Qualifications
Essential
  • 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

Desirable
  • Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to any paediatric communication disorders including Stammering, Learning Disability and Autism.

Experience
Essential
  • 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

Desirable
  • 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.
  • Experience providing assessment and intervention for children and young people who stammer, and knowledge of current evidence-based practices related to stammering.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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