Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Team Lead SCP

Transformationunitgm; Manchester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to become the Lead Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. In this role, you will manage the South locality team in the Social Communication Pathway, developing a diagnostic pathway for children and young people. Candidates should be experienced in neurodevelopmental assessments and ready to support clinical services for children.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience as a specialist SLT with children and young people.
• Experience in assessment of social communication and neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• Knowledge of legislation and national guidance for children.

Responsibilities

• Lead ND assessment team within the South locality.
• Ensure fair and equitable assessment processes.
• Supervise speech and language therapists across the city.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical responsibility

Communication

Training and supervision

Assessment

Education

Speech and Language Degree

Post-qualification registration with appropriate regulatory body

Post-doctoral qualification training in specialist practice

Job description

Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Carol Kendrick Centre Town Manchester Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 07/07/2025 23:59

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Team Lead SCP

Band 8a

Job overview

This post represents an exciting opportunity to become the Lead highly specialist speech and language therapist, managing the South locality team in the Social Communication Pathway (SCP) in Manchester CAMHS. The postholder will be responsible for helping to develop the ND pathway, working across disciplines and agencies in the community to provide the best clinical care to children and young people and their families. The postholder will have experience of completing neurodevelopmental assessments and drawing together a diagnostic formulation and will be expected to work closely with the two other leads to ensure diagnostic services are equitable and transparent across the city. The postholder will also be expected to take a lead in developing the SCP pre assessment offer as part of the wider community pathway approach.

Main duties of the job

• To lead the team providing ND assessment to South locality, in line with service specifications and NICE guidance and with the support of the Strategic Lead for LDA.
• To line manage the MDT assessment team in the south locality
• To supervise speech and language therapists working in SCP across the city
• To work alongside clinical leads for Occupational Therapy and Mental Health who support the o north and south Social Communication Pathways to ensure assessment across the city for children and young people with social communication difficulties is transparent, fair and equitable and to engage in strategic development of the pathway model
• To complete diagnostic assessments as required, offer training and consultation as required

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail] .

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Speech and Language Degree
• Post-qualification registration with appropriate regulatory body
• Post-doctoral/qualification training course in an area of specialist practice relating to ND or speech therapy e.g. PG CERT in LDA

Experience

• Experience of working as a specialist speech and language therapist with CYP who have ND for at least 3 years
• Significant experience in assessment of social communication/neurodevelo pmental difficulties
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment independently and within a multidisciplinary and multiagency context.
• Experience of consulting with health care and other professionals and working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of legislation and national guidance in relation to the needs of children and young people
• Working knowledge of professional systems involved in work with children
• Experience of working autonomously as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Training in ADI or ADOS or other autism related assessment tools

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.