Specialist Speech and Language Therapist -Fluency and Selective Mutism

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide a specialist service (including assessment, diagnosis and implementation of specialist SLT treatment programmes) for children and young people presenting with Fluency Disorders.
• To provide a specialist service (including assessment, diagnosis and implementation of specialist SLT treatment programmes) for children and young people presenting with Situational Mutism.
• To act as a specialist resource within the Community Paediatric SLT Team providing clinical supervision, guidance, shadowing opportunities and mentorship regarding fluency disorders and Situational Mutism.
• To liaise with and advise parents, Local Education Authority and Nursery staff and other Agencies/Professionals involved with children on the Fluency and Situational Mutism caseloads.
• To regularly plan, supervise and monitor the work of Speech and Language Therapy Assistants and students.
• To participate in research and audit in specialist area as required
• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to provide an integrated approach to each childs specific communication difficulties.
• To analyse and evaluate personal clinical performance in a reflective manner to ensure continued personal and professional development and the maintenance of an up to date knowledge base.
• To provide appropriate clinical supervision and in-service training for speech and language therapy colleagues, assistants and students.
• To work with Trust policies and procedures that ensure patient safety at all times
• To work as a specialist practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team of an integrated workforce that is based in the community to meet the health needs of children in Gateshead
• Act as a clinical resource for members of the extended multidisciplinary team in their area of expertise.
• To act as a resource ensuring trained staff maintain their agreed levels of competency within their scope of practice.
• To provide excellence in clinical care and working to achieve the highest level of patient safety.
• To continuously develop the service and constantly strive to improve.
• To contribute towards service evaluation and demonstration of efficacy and efficiency.
• Supervision and leadership of individuals within the Community Paediatric Clinical Team, with accountability and responsibility for the safe delivery of all aspects of patient care within service portfolio as identified by the Community Paediatric SLT Clinical Lead.
• Deliver hands on clinical care to a designated case load of patients within Gateshead as a caseload holder for defined groups of patients
• Support the community services senior management team in continuous service improvements and support the delivery of transformational projects within areas of accountability
• Responsibility to contribute to the service delivery to CIP/CQUIN indicators and other performance and quality indicators within the team
• To motivate and support the team approach to delivering new innovative models of care for patients across pathways and across providers as defined by the Community Services Business Unit and Community Paediatric SLT Team Clinical Lead
• Ensure systems and processes are in place to maintain patient safety in line with choose safer care programme in collaboration with the Community Service Managers Quality and Risk Managers and Clinical Lead.
• Ensure the experience of our patients and their families is understood within the service and feedback is used to improve future service provision
• Facilitate the development of clinical expertise and advances in AHP/SLT practice within the Community Paediatric team in collaboration with the SLT Clinical Leads and Community Services Clinical Lead.
• To ensure the development and maintenance of a learning environment within the multi-disciplinary team that is appropriate for the development needs of all members

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• oDegree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
• oCompletion of newly qualified practitioner competencies.
• oKnowledge of current RCSLT Dysfluency Clinical Guidelines
• oEvidence of post graduate training/CPD in fluency disorders and the full range of SLCNs in pre-school and school aged children and young people.
• oExperience of working with specific fluency disorders and the full range of SLCN's in preschool, school aged children and young people
• oExperience of working in a range of community settings including community clinics/health centres and mainstream educational settings.
• oAn understanding of the principles of clinical governance and NHS Policy Issues
• oAbility to cope with and diffuse difficult and stressful situations
• oExperience of involvement in service developments
• oExperience of planning, coordinating and supervising the work of others
• oExperience of multi-disciplinary and inter/agency working
• oExperience of evaluating the training needs of school staff/carers & implementing training programmes.
• oWell-developed specialist skills e.g. undertaking comprehensive assessment, making and receiving referrals, requesting and acting upon diagnostic tests
• oEvidence of well-developed clinical reasoning including ability to reflect upon own performance and partake and lead in clinical supervision
• oExperience of communicating delicate, complex and sensitive information.
• oAbility to work individually and as part of a team
• oKnowledge of a wide range of assessments and interventions for SLCNs.
• oKnowledge of the National Curriculum and the impact of SLCNs on childrens' access to the curriculum.
• oKnowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures
• oCar Driver
• oExperience of working with situational mutism and the full range of SLCN's in preschool, school aged children and young people

Desirable

Desirable

• Trained Clinical Educator
• Enhanced IT skills - databases, excel, word, outlook etc
• Experience of electronic record keeping systems such as EMIS
• Counselling skills course
• Relevant postgraduate training Eg Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Palin Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Experience of attending North East Dysfluency CEN
• Experience of using specific fluency therapy techniques Eg Palin Parent-Child Interaction, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Family communication therapy, fluency shaping.
• Proven knowledge of the principles of risk management, the integrated governance framework and compliance with risk and quality safety standards.
• Experience in change management
• Leadership/ Management of a team of other staff
• Experience of SEND Tribunals
• Experience in leading audits and/or research
• Formal training in working with selective/situational mutism

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

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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

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bensham Hosptial

Fontwell Drive

Gateshead

NE8 4YL

Employer's website

https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)