Job summary
We are recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Lead for the Peterborough City Councils Community Long Term Team with integrated Speech and Language Therapy team.
With a strong ethos of clinical support and supervision, our dynamic team provides evidence-based advice, training and interventions to adults with a learning disability.
If you're a first class clinician with strong communication and interpersonal skills and enjoy working flexibly with various teams, we'd love to hear from you.
The Community Long Term Team , Peterborough City Council is working alongside CPFT to recruit to a Lead Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) for adult learning disability services in Peterborough. The CLTT aim to ensure the assessment and provision of person centred specialist health and social care services that promote an individual's right to choice, independence, health and wellbeing in line with their assessed needs and in a way that enables them to reach their full potential.
You will have developed experience relevant to working within a community based multi-disciplinary team . You will work as an autonomous practitioner and manage a specialist case load providing assessment and interventions in relation to the Speech and Language needs of adults with a learning disability. You will be responsible for managing the SLT service, other SLTs, Assistants and Students. There is the opportunity for some home/remote working within this post.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be Speech and Language Therapy Lead for Peterborough providing day to day operational management support across the service.
- This includes responsibility for service delivery and standards within Individuals homes and community settings .
- S/he will be a highly skilled practitioner with highly developed specialist clinical skills in a relevant area of expertise and will be responsible for the independent management of a small clinical caseload of adults, within their specialism.
- The client group is adults who have a diagnosis of a learning disability and autism .
- S/he will assume delegated responsibility for service provision, being aware of national and local initiatives, and will initiate and develop standards and policy within the area of specialist, providing the lead for the whole service and interagency working.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust are hosting the employment for Peterborough City Council and it is is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of ourethnic minority andLGBTQ+ communities.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To independently manage a highly specialist caseload of adults with a diagnosis of a learning disability and autism who have speech, language and communication difficulties including complex cases. This caseload routinely requires multi-agency case management.
- To lead the implementation of a countywide model for specialist areas.
- To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combine with highly specialist theoretical knowledge and lead to differential diagnosis.
- To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes following professional guidelines and agreed service standards.
- As part of that process to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards discharge
- To undertake administrative duties connected with caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards.
- To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in adults care so that the approach to intervention and support is coordinated and comprehensive.
- To make onward referral as appropriate.
- To offer second opinions as required
- To identify any variations on service delivery or demands and inform the Local Authority lead of the likely impact on the service
- As team leader, to offer flexible short term support for service shortfalls e.g. cover for staff vacancies for high need cases.
- To initiate, develop policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development within the clinical specialism in discussion with the SLT service lead; this will involve piloting of new initiatives with a view to implementing changes across the whole service.
- To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism interpreting national and local initiatives
- To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these
- To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service.
- To contribute to ensuring that PCC responsibilities to engage and consult with patients and the public are met in line with statutory requirements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To independently manage a highly specialist caseload of adults with a diagnosis of a learning disability and autism who have speech, language and communication difficulties including complex cases. This caseload routinely requires multi-agency case management.
- To lead the implementation of a countywide model for specialist areas.
- To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combine with highly specialist theoretical knowledge and lead to differential diagnosis.
- To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes following professional guidelines and agreed service standards.
- As part of that process to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards discharge
- To undertake administrative duties connected with caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards.
- To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in adults care so that the approach to intervention and support is coordinated and comprehensive.
- To make onward referral as appropriate.
- To offer second opinions as required
- To identify any variations on service delivery or demands and inform the Local Authority lead of the likely impact on the service
- As team leader, to offer flexible short term support for service shortfalls e.g. cover for staff vacancies for high need cases.
- To initiate, develop policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development within the clinical specialism in discussion with the SLT service lead; this will involve piloting of new initiatives with a view to implementing changes across the whole service.
- To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism interpreting national and local initiatives
- To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these
- To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service.
- To contribute to ensuring that PCC responsibilities to engage and consult with patients and the public are met in line with statutory requirements.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered member of RCSLT
- Registered member of HCPC (Health and Care Professional Council)
- Evidence of successful completion of short specialist courses up to Master's degree equivalent for example, Dysphagia Qualification, attendance at a recognised signing course, Autism and Learning Disability
Desirable
- Membership of a relevant Special Interest Group
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post qualifying experience within a Community MDT.
- Experience of working with adults with Learning Disability
- Experience in providing clinical supervision.
- Experience in providing Leadership.
- Experience of developing and delivering training
Desirable
- Experience of effectively managing a staffing resource
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of the speech and language therapy staff.
- Ability to work as part of MDT.
- Ability to encourage and facilitate good team work.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Ability to contribute to service development and ability to manage change.
- Emotional resilience.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- MHA and MCA Knowledge.
- Understanding of research and audit processes
- Understanding of Clinical governance
- Awareness of current trends, legislation and guidance in support for people with learning disabilities and their carers
- Knowledge of treatment strategies
- Knowledge of the clinical implications for people with learning disability of loss, trauma and abuse.
Desirable
- Ability to participate in research and Audit.
Other
Essential
- Ability to Travel within a rural location.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered member of RCSLT
- Registered member of HCPC (Health and Care Professional Council)
- Evidence of successful completion of short specialist courses up to Master's degree equivalent for example, Dysphagia Qualification, attendance at a recognised signing course, Autism and Learning Disability
Desirable
- Membership of a relevant Special Interest Group
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post qualifying experience within a Community MDT.
- Experience of working with adults with Learning Disability
- Experience in providing clinical supervision.
- Experience in providing Leadership.
- Experience of developing and delivering training
Desirable
- Experience of effectively managing a staffing resource
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance and that of the speech and language therapy staff.
- Ability to work as part of MDT.
- Ability to encourage and facilitate good team work.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Ability to contribute to service development and ability to manage change.
- Emotional resilience.
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- MHA and MCA Knowledge.
- Understanding of research and audit processes
- Understanding of Clinical governance
- Awareness of current trends, legislation and guidance in support for people with learning disabilities and their carers
- Knowledge of treatment strategies
- Knowledge of the clinical implications for people with learning disability of loss, trauma and abuse.
Desirable
- Ability to participate in research and Audit.
Other
Essential
- Ability to Travel within a rural location.
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
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).
