Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist & Team Lead (West)

NHS; Camborne; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to lead their West Locality Team. The successful candidate will manage a team of therapists providing vital speech and language therapy services to children and families. The role involves clinical management, team leadership, and collaboration on service projects, necessitating a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registration. Competitive salary offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in team leadership within a similar field.
• Effective at managing clinical assessments and interventions.
• Knowledgeable in working with children and young people with communication needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a speech and language therapy locality team.
• Oversee allocation and management of clinical cases.
• Participate in service delivery and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Team leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Registration with HCPC

Membership of RCSLT

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) to be our new team lead for our West Locality Team. The West team has around 15 staff members who form part of our countywide service and work alongside our Central and East Locality Teams to provide speech and language therapy support for Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly.

The post holder will form part of our children's speech and language therapy leadership team who work together to ensure we are running a quality evidenced base service which meets the needs of children and families, as well as being a happy and dynamic place to work.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for leading and managing a speech and language therapy locality team. This involves line management responsibility for your locality team, overseeing allocation and through put of clinical cases in your area, monitoring and reporting on performance of locality team, leading on and contributing to service wide projects and participating in service forums.

The post holder will be required to participate in the delivery of a speech and language therapy service providing specialist assessments, intervention and advice for children and young people with Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and if they hold the relevant competencies, swallowing difficulties.

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

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent qualification)
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Experience of effectively leading a team
• Highly developed skills of clinical assessment, evaluation and intervention for children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties.
• Membership of the RCSLT
• Experience of project management

Skills and Aptitude

• Highly skilled in supporting colleagues and team members with clinical, professional and other needs.

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.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust offers a salary of £47,810 to £54,710 a year.