Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Mental Health

Whittington Health; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dedicated Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist to spearhead a small team within Mental Health Services. This role involves leading clinical initiatives and fostering partnerships to enhance service delivery. You will manage a diverse caseload, providing specialist support to adults and older individuals facing complex speech and language challenges. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to making a difference in the community, where your expertise will shape the future of mental health care and create impactful change. If you are passionate about leadership and innovation in therapy, this position is tailored for you.

Benefits

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership and managing a caseload in mental health settings.
• Strong skills in assessment and intervention for complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Speech and Language Therapists in mental health services.
• Manage referrals and oversee clinical work for a defined caseload.

Skills

Leadership

Assessment and Intervention

Managing a caseload

Supervising junior staff

Responding to legislation

Education

Professional registration in Speech and Language Therapy

Relevant postgraduate training

Job description

Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Mental Health

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

22.5 hours per week (3 days a week) Job ref 220-WHT-2635-B

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Goodinge Health Centre Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 Per Annum (pro-rata) Inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a small team of Speech and Language Therapists working in Mental Health Services on both wards and in the community.

The service is commissioned by Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust soon to become North London Mental Health Partnership NHS trust.

The post holder will be responsible for leading the SLT service, managing referrals, clinical supervision, students, training, and providing quarterly reports for the trust. They will also continue working in partnership with SLT colleagues in the new trust and Whittington Health SLT alliance to foster new opportunities including CPD and trust initiatives relating to SLT.

Main duties of the job

The SLT team in Mental Health provides a specialist service to adults and older people with mental health problems in a wide range of hospital and community settings across Camden and Islington.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner and is responsible for overseeing the clinical work of the SLT team. They are responsible for organizing and managing a defined caseload of adults and older people while delivering a comprehensive and highly specialist service to adults and older people with a wide range of complex speech, language, communication, and swallowing problems associated with mental health problems and/or neurological deficit. They will lead on providing advice, guidance, support, and training for clients, carers, nursing staff, and other professionals.

The post holder will take the lead in the provision of the dysphagia service and management of older people with mental health problems, setting priorities, initiating clinical protocols, and service developments as appropriate. They will set up and lead project groups within the service and on a multi-disciplinary basis.

The post holder will initiate and take a lead for quality improvement projects to be undertaken within the team as required. They will oversee and coordinate data collection within the team.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organization we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion, and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

Person specification

Experience

• Leadership and working in partnership with other organisations/teams
• Supervising junior staff
• Training
• Managing a caseload

Skills

• Leadership and making changes/responding to legislation
• Assessment and Intervention - highly complex

Knowledge

• Dual diagnosis incl autism
• Current MH legislations and challenges

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures, and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form

• Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the job description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Other important information

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared, and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.