Job summary
An exciting senior leadership opportunity has become available within the Allied Health Professional leadership team at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. The Deputy Head of Profession for Speech and Language is an important senior position within the organisation and will deliver robust professional leadership and engagement, drive high standards of care, and quality outcomes for the people we serve.
The post holder will provide positive and visible leadership through a collaborative, creative, motivational, and problem-solving approach. They will drive a culture of continuous quality improvement, innovation and best patient experience. Our AHP leaders are well-respected across the system and are well supported by dynamic and experienced colleagues.
Proposed interview date: 27th August
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the senior leadership team, this post requires collaborative working with a range of operational, professional and corporate colleagues to ensure that the profession continues to deliver outstanding care and is equipped to meet the new and emerging opportunities ahead of us. They will live their values and be a role model for highly credible and compassionate clinical leadership.
The post holder will lead the development of evidence-based best practice, including innovative and evolving speech and language therapy roles within the Trust and wider system. The post holder will support the Head of Profession for Speech and Language Therapy to have oversight and assurance of the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality speech and language therapy across the Trust and work in partnership with operational colleagues to identify service priorities.
The post holder will meaningfully and effectively engage our speech and language therapy workforce in order to promote job satisfaction and best patient experience and outcomes. They will ensure that our workforce is developed and empowered to contribute to service improvement and innovation across the system.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Speech and Language Therapist with the HCPC
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent work at this level
- Appropriate management development/ leadership qualification
- Leadership/management training
- Silver Quality Improvement training
Desirable
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of speech and language therapy across the range of mental health, physical community health, paediatric and learning disability speech and language therapy practice areas gained through substantial experience as a senior speech and language therapist.
- Experience of research, quality improvement, audit or evaluation processes
- Evidence of involvement in successful change management and quality improvement programmes
- Leading the delivery of projects to a high standard and achieving the outcomes agreed.
- Experience leading a team or a service
- Excellent presentation skills and experience in training staff
- Experience in co-developing evidence based practice, care pathways and/or care packages
Desirable
- Experience working as a senior speech and language therapist in numerous settings and representing a broad range of care environments and client groups.
- Experienced in Dysphagia assessment and management
- Evidence of service user, carer, peer feedback on performance
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Speech and Language Therapist with the HCPC
- Relevant Masters qualification or equivalent work at this level
- Appropriate management development/ leadership qualification
- Leadership/management training
- Silver Quality Improvement training
Desirable
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of speech and language therapy across the range of mental health, physical community health, paediatric and learning disability speech and language therapy practice areas gained through substantial experience as a senior speech and language therapist.
- Experience of research, quality improvement, audit or evaluation processes
- Evidence of involvement in successful change management and quality improvement programmes
- Leading the delivery of projects to a high standard and achieving the outcomes agreed.
- Experience leading a team or a service
- Excellent presentation skills and experience in training staff
- Experience in co-developing evidence based practice, care pathways and/or care packages
Desirable
- Experience working as a senior speech and language therapist in numerous settings and representing a broad range of care environments and client groups.
- Experienced in Dysphagia assessment and management
- Evidence of service user, carer, peer feedback on performance
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).
