Senior Speech And Language Therapist (Experts At Hand) - Cfhd

Devon Partnership Nhs Trust

North Tawton

On-site

GBP 35,000 - 48,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to deliver specialist SLT support within the Experts at Hand service from base in Barnstaple. The role involves managing caseloads, training, and delivering targeted interventions across early years, school, and post-16 settings.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, provide supervision, participate in audits and research, and contribute to service development in a supportive Devon-wide context.

Qualifications

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
Full Registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC).
Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups.

Responsibilities

Manage a caseload of children and young people with SLCN using evidence-based practice.
Provide clinical support and supervision to less experienced SLTs.
Coordinate clinic and day-to-day caseload management with the Clinical Team Manager.
Participate in the provision of student placements.
Coordinate team audit and monitor outcomes for interventions.
Use strengths-based, evidence-based interventions and routine outcome measures.
Promote participation of service users across the service.
Participate in audits and clinical research as appropriate.

Skills

Autonomous working

Clinical supervision

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical decision making

Education

Speech and Language Therapy degree

HCPC registration

RCSLT membership

Special Interest Groups membership

Job description

Job summary

CFHD are looking to recruit a 1.0wte Speech and Language Therapists to provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy support within the Experts at Hand service through advice, consultation, modelling of strategies, training, and targeted intervention.

Please note we are also able to consider part time applications above 18.75 hours per week.

The base location for this post will be in Barnstaple.

The post-holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team and autonomously to support children and young people, families, and professionals by building capacity within early years, school and post-16 settings, delivering training, and offering time-limited direct interventions where indicated.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.

Main duties of the job

The speech and language therapy service within CFHD have transformed to work within the Balanced System framework.

Manage a caseload of children and young people with Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups) and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLTs in the team
Work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day-to-day caseload management
Participate in the provision of student placements
Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead
Using a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and routine outcome measures
Promote and support participation of service users across the service
Participate in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate

About us

At Children and Family Health Devon, we are dedicated to improving the physical and mental health of children and young people across Devon and Torbay. We aim to create an environment where children and young people can thrive and are committed to reducing health inequalities and providing specialised support, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfilling lives.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Who we are

We are an alliance of NHS organisations led by Devon Partnership Trust. We are a group of professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, nurses and many other professions.

Join us in beautiful Devon

With access to moors, sea and cities, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy Devon. Whether you enjoy spending time in the cultural hub of Exeter, exploring the Jurassic coastline or discovering the world surfing reserve in North Devon there really is something for everyone.

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
Full Registration with Health Professions Council
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups

Desirable

Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to any paediatric communication disorders including Stammering, Learning Disability and Autism.

Experience

Essential

Highly developed specialist knowledge (acquired through attending specialist short courses) to enable post holder to work autonomously
Highly developed specialist knowledge of independent management of complex and highly specialised caseload and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
In depth knowledge of children with special needs and associated conditions underpinned by current evidence-based practice
Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools relevant to working with children and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
Ability to make a differential diagnosis, choose appropriate treatments from a range of options and provide specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes by use of evidence-based practice
Ability to use specialist experience to inform sound clinical judgements/ decision making for case management
Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
Proven relevant experience post qualification in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community

Desirable

Competence in delivering language development training to both professional and untrained staff in the community
Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff
Experience in team leading and organising a local service/clinic
Experience of supervising less experienced Speech and Language Therapists
Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
Experience working in early years, school age and specialist settings.
Experience providing assessment and intervention for children and young people who stammer, and knowledge of current evidence-based practices related to stammering.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Children & Family Health Devon, Springfield Court, Fishleigh Road, Roundswell Business Park, BARNSTAPLE, Devon, EX31 3UD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hannah Burton or Sharon Martin

cfhd.workforce@nhs.net

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