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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist & Clinical Lead

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Bodmin

On-site

GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

An established NHS community and mental health provider is looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to lead their clinical team. This exciting role involves overseeing the speech pathway service, providing clinical supervision, and managing a diverse caseload that may include complex cases. With flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development, this position is perfect for someone passionate about making a difference in children's lives. Join a dedicated team committed to improving health and wellbeing in the beautiful Cornwall region.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements
CPD opportunities
Staff wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent qualification.
  • Clinical experience with speech sound disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the countywide clinical service for speech and language therapy.
  • Supervise and manage a mixed community caseload.

Skills

Clinical assessment
Leadership experience
Communication skills
Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
Registration with HCPC

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced paediatric Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) to be our countywide clinical lead for speech, as well as hold a mixed community caseload in one of our locality teams. We are flexible on where the post will be based within the county.

The clinical lead will be proactive in reviewing and maintaining our service speech pathway, and will ensure the wider SaLT service are confidently applying it to their own caseloads. The post holder will form part of our children's SaLT leadership team and work alongside other clinical leads, team leads and our operational lead.

The post holder will offer clinical supervision and/or line management across the service, as well as face to face second opinions as needed.

The post holder will work with the area team lead to establish their community caseload, which will include complex situations, and provide assessment and/or intervention to their caseload in line with our service offer. The community caseload can also include Dysphagia if the post holder has RCSLT competence and this is an area of interest for them.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who

- has an established/or developing clinical specialism in speech sound disorders and difficulties

- has experience supervising and/or line managing SaLTs

- is organised and able to prioritise tasks

- is a good listener and seeks feedback from the therapists/service users

- proactively makes seeks solutions to challenges

We can offer the post holder

- regular supervision and line management

- flexible working arrangements

- CPD opportunities through our central developmental fund

- a strong service ethos on promoting staff wellbeing

- opportunities to make proactive changes to the service through quality improvement workstreams

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

Essential

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent qualification)
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Clinical experience of working with speech sound disorder, other neurodevelopmental disorders, and with children and young people with complex conditions and needs
  • Highly developed skills of clinical assessment, evaluation and intervention for children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties.
Desirable

  • Evidence of training/CPD within speech sound disorders
Skills and Aptitude

Essential

  • Evidence of leadership experience i.e. project management, caseload co-ordination
  • Evidence of staff supervision and/or line management
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

Essential

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent qualification)
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Clinical experience of working with speech sound disorder, other neurodevelopmental disorders, and with children and young people with complex conditions and needs
  • Highly developed skills of clinical assessment, evaluation and intervention for children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties.
Desirable

  • Evidence of training/CPD within speech sound disorders
Skills and Aptitude

Essential

  • Evidence of leadership experience i.e. project management, caseload co-ordination
  • Evidence of staff supervision and/or line management
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Carew House

Bodmin

PL31 2QN

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