Speech & Language Therapy Team Lead - Complex Needs

Sirona care & health CIC

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Job summary

The Children's Therapy Services identify, assess, support and manage the health needs of children and young people aged 0-18 years, working closely with children and their families in health settings and family homes; and with education colleagues in early years and school settings.The Children's Therapy services cover Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Services are offered in various parts of these localities to facilitate easy access for families.

Main duties of the job

To practice as a highly specialist clinical practitioner, being a source of expertise, providing support, supervision, teaching, advice and consultation across BNSSG.
To offer highly specialist clinical expertise within paediatric dysphagia and complex needs communication support, and to carry own highly specialist case load within this area.
To provide an outreach dysphagia assessment and therapy service to children with complex needs in mainstream schools
To provide dysphagia and communication assessment and therapy support as required to children in special schools within BNSSG.
To work closely with the multi-disciplinary team around the child.
You will collaborate with the Clinical Lead for Dysphagia to manage the Speech & Language Therapy Service to children with Complex Needs.
To support the team through the transformation of their service, currently underway, in collaboration with Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy service transformations.
You will have line management responsibilities of some staff and be responsible for holding team meetings.
You will support the overview of locality performance on RTTs and EHCP targets
To provide clinical and day to day leadership within Complex Needs (including dysphagia) and be a first point of contact for the team for queries and concerns.

About us

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it's about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more!Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!

Date posted

02 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

083-6597667-LW

Job locations

Flexible

Patchway Hub

Rodway Road, Bristol

BS34 5PE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants

Person Specification

Experience & Skills

Essential

Experience of project / service improvement work
Experience of line management
Ability to interpret professional standards and guidelines and relate them to clinical service delivery
Significant experience of working with children with complex needs

Desirable

Experience of initiating, implementing and managing change and service improvement
Previous experience working in special schools

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification recognised by Professional Governing Body (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists/Chartered Society of Physiotherapists/ Royal College of Occupational Therapists)
HCPC Registration
Post-graduate accredited Paediatric Dysphagia training

Person Specification

Experience & Skills

Essential

Experience of project / service improvement work
Experience of line management
Ability to interpret professional standards and guidelines and relate them to clinical service delivery
Significant experience of working with children with complex needs

Desirable

Experience of initiating, implementing and managing change and service improvement
Previous experience working in special schools

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification recognised by Professional Governing Body (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists/Chartered Society of Physiotherapists/ Royal College of Occupational Therapists)
HCPC Registration
Post-graduate accredited Paediatric Dysphagia training

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.