Bank level 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled speech and language therapist to assess and treat children with complex needs across Birmingham. You will manage a varied caseload, collaborate with families and professionals, supervise students, and deliver training.

The role requires HCPC registration and leadership capabilities to shape Children's Therapy Services through evidence-based practice and service development.

Qualifications

• First degree relevant to the service area.
• Full membership of the relevant professional body.
• Recent CPD and specialist training (e.g. post-graduate dysphagia, Sensory Integration or neurological rehabilitation).
• Relevant clinical leadership training.

Responsibilities

• Carry out highly specialist speech and language assessments, diagnosis and interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
• Manage and prioritise a varied caseload, delivering individual and group interventions.
• Work with families, schools, nurseries, local authority services and multidisciplinary professionals towards positive outcomes.
• Give specialist clinical advice, consultation and second opinions to colleagues and partner agencies.
• Supervise and support therapy assistants, students and other staff.
• Deliver specialist training to colleagues, carers and other professionals.
• Contribute to service development, clinical audit, quality improvement and outcome measurement.
• Support waiting list management, triage and equitable service delivery across the city.
• Keep accurate clinical records, reports and statistical information to professional and Trust standards.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership and help develop Children's Therapy Services.
• Apply evidence-based practice and review new developments to inform clinical decisions.
• Work across Birmingham in child development centres, education settings and family homes, with some assessments done virtually.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Written and verbal communication

Knowledge of diverse populations

Electronic records systems

Education

First degree relevant to the service area

HCPC licence to practise

Full membership of the relevant professional body

Post-graduate dysphagia training

Job description

This bank post with Birmingham Community Healthcare sits within Child Development Centre services, where highly specialist speech and language therapists assess and treat children with complex needs. Core work is diagnostic assessment and intervention, with a focus on autism, alongside a varied caseload and supervising junior staff and students. Work spans the city, from centres and schools to family homes, with some assessments virtual, and shifts depend on service need rather than guaranteed hours. Fit depends on HCPC registration and a full driving licence with access to a vehicle.

What the job involves

• Carry out highly specialist speech and language assessments, diagnosis and interventions for children and young people with complex needs
• Manage and prioritise a varied caseload, delivering individual and group interventions
• Work with families, schools, nurseries, local authority services and multidisciplinary professionals towards positive outcomes
• Give specialist clinical advice, consultation and second opinions to colleagues and partner agencies
• Supervise and support therapy assistants, students and other staff
• Deliver specialist training to colleagues, carers and other professionals
• Contribute to service development, clinical audit, quality improvement and outcome measurement
• Support waiting list management, triage and equitable service delivery across the city
• Keep accurate clinical records, reports and statistical information to professional and Trust standards
• Demonstrate clinical leadership and help develop Children's Therapy Services
• Apply evidence-based practice and review new developments to inform clinical decisions
• Work across Birmingham in child development centres, education settings and family homes, with some assessments done virtually

What's required

Qualifications

• First degree relevant to the service area
• Full membership of the relevant professional body
• Recent relevant CPD and specialist training, e.g. post-graduate dysphagia, Sensory Integration or neurological rehabilitation
• Relevant clinical leadership training

Registration & licences

• HCPC licence to practise

Experience

• Extensive diagnostic assessment, intervention and complex caseload management with children with developmental disorders and delays
• Extensive specialist therapy work with children and families in multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams in local authority and health settings
• Significant experience managing safeguarding concerns and knowledge of local processes
• Relevant use of leadership skills to develop services
• Significant experience supporting and supervising colleagues and professionals

Skills & knowledge

• Using the evidence base and critically appraising new developments to inform practice
• Providing complex written and verbal information and training to qualified professionals to a high standard
• Knowledge of the national and political agenda, and of diverse social and ethnic populations
• Competent with electronic systems used by the Trust and in the clinical area

Checks & eligibility

• Full driving licence with access to a vehicle

Other

• Willing and able to work across the city, travel independently and carry equipment safely between locations

Nice to have

• Masters post-graduate qualification relevant to the service area
• Competent in collecting and analysing data and critiquing research to contribute to service development