Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Fantastic annual leave allowance

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is advertising a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist (Band 6 or Band 7 depending on experience) on a 12-month secondment to cover maternity leave. The post focuses on stammering and selective mutism, with responsibilities across triage, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge for children and young people.

The role includes service development, clinical supervision, mentoring and delivering training.

Qualifications

• Specialist knowledge in stammering and selective mutism.
• Triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge planning for paediatric caseloads.
• Involvement in service development and innovation in consultation with managers.
• Clinical supervision, shadowing, mentoring and second opinions for team members.
• Liaison with Team Lead to address service delivery issues and develop plans.
• Strong organisational, prioritisation and time-management skills.
• Ability to deliver training and create/ adapt training packages for the children’s workforce.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
• Assist in service development and innovation in collaboration with the team and managers.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentoring and second opinions to other team members.
• Liaise with Team Lead about delivery issues and develop improvement plans.
• Lead on development of policies, processes and pathways to enhance patient care.
• Deliver presentations and training on communication difficulties to the wider children’s workforce.

Skills

Stammering

Selective mutism

Triage

Assessment

Differential diagnosis

Mentoring

Training delivery

Presentation skills

Interpersonal communication

Job description

We're advertising an exciting opportunity for a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist (Band 6 or Band 7 depending on experience) to join our community team on a 12-month secondment to cover maternity leave.
We are looking for an innovator who is keen to develop and transform pathways to meet the needs of the changing landscape of Speech and Language Therapy.
The successful candidate will bring specialist knowledge and experience in stammering and selective mutism, supporting the delivery and ongoing development of these pathways as part of our wider paediatric Speech and Language Therapy offer.

• Take your place with us providing highly specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations to a range of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
• You will assist in service development and innovation in consultation with managers and other team members.
• You will provide highly specialist support via clinical supervision, shadowing, mentoring and second opinions for the members of the team.
• You will liaise with the Team Lead about any issues in service delivery and develop plans to manage these.
• You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health and education staff.
• You will lead on service development using your highly specialist knowledge and skills. This will include the development of policies, processes and pathways to enhance quality of patient care, in liaison with the Team Lead.
• You will have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
• You will implement, monitor and evaluate new ways of working, including providing audits/ outcome and progress reports on new workstreams.
• You will have strong presentation skills and enjoy delivering training to the wider children’s workforce about a range of communication difficulties, including developing, evaluating and adapting training packages.
  

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Siobhan Lever Job title: Team Leader for Paediatric SLT Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01612060606
For Further Information About The Role, Please Contact
Tania Matos - Clinical Service Manager for Children's Therapies - [e-mail]