Clinical Operational Manager for Speech and Language Therapy

Job summary

We are pleased to announce that we have two band 7 Speech and Language Therapy positions to join our wonderful Adult Neurodevelopmental Team across Derbyshire.

We are looking for individuals who share our strong value based approach and have a highly specialist understanding of the support needs of people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism. This covers service users both in Community and Inpatient Settings.

These posts include the operational management and leadership of the Speech and Language Therapy Team, alongside the other operational managers.

Individuals will have strong communication skills and be a valued member of a team who aim to support service users.

Job One: Based in Derby and South Derbyshire Locality

0.6 WTE Clinical Operational Manager for the Community Speech and Language Therapy in South Derbyshire.

0.4 WTE Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist working with individuals with a diagnosis of Learning Disability and/or Autism in the Radbourne or Hartington Units (adult inpatient mental health units).

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Job Two: Based in Ash Green Learning Disability Service in Chesterfield

0.6 WTE Clinical Operational Manager for the Community Speech and Language Therapy in North Derbyshire.

0.4 WTE Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist working into Hillside (Learning Disability Assessment and Treatment Inpatient Unit).

Main duties of the job

Derbyshire Healthcare Speech and Language Therapy team has two exciting opportunities for experienced and innovative Speech and Language Therapists, with dysphagia experience, to provide highly specialist clinical interventions, working with adults with learning disabilities across community and inpatient settings.

Our Speech and Language Therapy team focusses on person centred care, and aims to deliver excellent care to our service users, their families and carers, using interventions that are evidenced-based and outcome-measured.

Working across Derby and South Derbyshire, and predominantly holding a small complex clinical caseload, the post holder will work across the community/inpatient settings, delivering highly specialist assessment and intervention, working closely with service users and their carers and other professionals in Health and Social Care.

Alongside clinical work, the post holder will be required to provide operational management to the Speech and Language Team, and will interface with other clinical operational managers across the Neurodevelopmental Service.

As a team, we are committed to continuing professional development and the post holder will have the opportunity to undertake development opportunities whilst with us.

About us

The Trust is committed to supporting research and offers flexible and agile working with IT support.

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of making a positive difference in people's lives.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues treated patients with compassion and kindness and felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/ year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days days after 10 year service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development