About this role
Job summary
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service are looking for a Band 7 Advanced Speech and Language Therapist to join our large and diverse team as a Clinic Lead in the Early Years Team.
This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated clinician who wants to further develop their skills and experience in clinical and operational leadership and providing supervision and support to therapists and assistants in the team.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the Early Years leadership team to coordinate service delivery for the clinic pathway, working with children under 5, and older children and young people who stammer or require support with their speech sounds. Providing highly specialist assessment and intervention to children across the borough of Lewisham, including running drop-in clinics and providing nursery visits as needed. Involvement in developing and delivering training to parents/carers, Speech and Language Therapists, education staff and a range of professionals. Working with colleagues across pathways, on service delivery, audit and quality improvement projects. Involvement in EDI workstreams with colleagues from the Therapies team (SLT, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy) Providing supervision and support to therapists and assistants in the Early Years team.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development Widening access (anchor institution) and employability Improving the experience of staff with disability Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development Making equalities mainstream
Job description Job responsibilities
Accountable to the Head of Children and Young Peoples Therapies
To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Early Years Clinic Pathway in collaboration with Early Years Team Lead.
To support the Clinic team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working including supporting implementation of National Initiatives for Early Years.
To ensure that the service provided is integrated (within the relevant multi/uni disciplinary care pathways), evidence based and delivered in accordance with care pathways/protocols and responsive to the needs of the local population.
To independently assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children and young people presenting with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties some of which may be highly complex, and provide second opinions as required.
To develop, implement and evaluate specialist training packages for parents, carers and education and health staff.
The post holder will hold a special interest within the broad range of speech, language and communication needs within the caseload.
Key Result Areas:
To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Early Years pathway in collaboration with the Early Years Team Lead.
To provide improved patient/client experience.
To ensure effective and efficient high quality service delivery by the Early Years Team.
To ensure strong professional development of self and others.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Desirable
Successful completion of highly specialist post graduate study relevant to the field at Master's degree level or equivalent specialist advanced short courses
Experience Essential
Significant post-qualification experience working with EY children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs Significant experience of working with parents/carers, families and engaging them in interventions Experience of clinically supervising staff Experience of advising/providing second opinions for children with complex speech/language or communication difficulties Experience of service development Experience of working with education settings and delivering training Experience of change management
Desirable
Experience of methods of involving users in service development Experience of taking part in appraising and setting objectives for less experienced staff Experience of writing protocols and/or policies Experience of developing training packages for others Experience of using technology to support therapeutic interventions
Skills Essential
Leadership skills Ability to motivate others Flexible and adaptable to different environments and models of service delivery To demonstrate effective communication skills written and verbal To demonstrate problem solving and negotation skills
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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address Kaleidoscope Centre for Children and Young People
32 Rushey Green
Catford
SE6 4JF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)