Job summary
(0.2 TWE) Clinical Lead SLT to the crisis pathway within the adults with IDD Speech & Language Therapy Service in Nottinghamshire.
You will be providing clinical leadership to the Speech & Language Therapy teams working across community crisis and inpatient services.
You will additionally be involved in the strategic Speech & Language Therapy leadership focusing on reducing health inequalities and enabling care for adults with complex needs including mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be providing a clinical leadership to the Speech & Language Therapists working in diverse teams across the pathway.
Duties include:
- Clinical supervision and support
- Strategic leadership and clinical governance support to SLT pathway.
- Representation at appropriate forums across Nottinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust and other stakeholder meetings.
- Second opinion on clinical needs for complex cases.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be autonomous and responsible for the assessment, formulation and management of a specialist clinical caseload ensuring practice is in line with Professional Body guidance
- To lead and coordinate the development and monitoring of specialist packages of care for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and specialist clinical needs (Mental Health, Autism, Challenging Behaviour),
- To provide team consultation to professionals, families and carers providing uni-professional expertise
- Inform and advise Heads of services/professions as to learning, resources, trends, and development needs of services for population
- To contribute and develop the development of Directorate wide clinical strategies based on professional expertise including providing advice, recommendations and learning and development
- To represent the profession and/or AHPs at agreed forums as required.
- To represent the SLT teams from the crisis pathway at agreed forums as appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be autonomous and responsible for the assessment, formulation and management of a specialist clinical caseload ensuring practice is in line with Professional Body guidance
- To lead and coordinate the development and monitoring of specialist packages of care for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and specialist clinical needs (Mental Health, Autism, Challenging Behaviour),
- To provide team consultation to professionals, families and carers providing uni-professional expertise
- Inform and advise Heads of services/professions as to learning, resources, trends, and development needs of services for population
- To contribute and develop the development of Directorate wide clinical strategies based on professional expertise including providing advice, recommendations and learning and development
- To represent the profession and/or AHPs at agreed forums as required.
- To represent the SLT teams from the crisis pathway at agreed forums as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised NMC or HCPC Degree/diploma
- NMC Registered or HCPC Registered
- Recognised ACP Masters (or equivalence) qualification
Contractual requirements
Essential
- Car driver
- Able to work flexibly as required by the post
Service Delivery
Essential
- To lead and coordinate the development and monitoring of specialist packages of care for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and specialist clinical needs (Mental Health, Autism, Challenging Behaviour),
- 4To contribute and develop the development of Directorate wide clinical strategies based on professional expertise including providing advice, recommendations and learning and development
Desirable
- To provide team consultation to professionals, families and carers providing uni-professional expertise
Clinical Governance
Essential
- To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base within clinical expertise
- To contribute to the clinical governance activities of the profession.
Desirable
- To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base within clinical expertise
Knowledge,, training and expertice
Essential
- Highly specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of clinical specialism and service delivery
- Able to use knowledge and make judgements using complex facts to contribute to IDD crisis pathway and multi-disciplinary/uni-professional service delivery.
Desirable
- Able to use knowledge and make judgements based on complex facts to contribute to planning for a broad range of activities.
- Experience of managing and clinically supervising others
Skills
Essential
- Engagement of experts by experience in contributing to pathway development
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
Desirable
- Motivated and a motivator
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised NMC or HCPC Degree/diploma
- NMC Registered or HCPC Registered
- Recognised ACP Masters (or equivalence) qualification
Contractual requirements
Essential
- Car driver
- Able to work flexibly as required by the post
Service Delivery
Essential
- To lead and coordinate the development and monitoring of specialist packages of care for adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and specialist clinical needs (Mental Health, Autism, Challenging Behaviour),
- 4To contribute and develop the development of Directorate wide clinical strategies based on professional expertise including providing advice, recommendations and learning and development
Desirable
- To provide team consultation to professionals, families and carers providing uni-professional expertise
Clinical Governance
Essential
- To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base within clinical expertise
- To contribute to the clinical governance activities of the profession.
Desirable
- To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base within clinical expertise
Knowledge,, training and expertice
Essential
- Highly specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of clinical specialism and service delivery
- Able to use knowledge and make judgements using complex facts to contribute to IDD crisis pathway and multi-disciplinary/uni-professional service delivery.
Desirable
- Able to use knowledge and make judgements based on complex facts to contribute to planning for a broad range of activities.
- Experience of managing and clinically supervising others
Skills
Essential
- Engagement of experts by experience in contributing to pathway development
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
Desirable
- Motivated and a motivator
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
