Job summary
Education Speech and Language Therapy Locality Lead (Complex needs and Dysphagia)
Areas: Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy Locality Lead to join our SLT Clinical Leadership Team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to co-lead our special schools speech and language therapy and school-aged dysphagia teams. The ideal candidate will possess extensive clinical and operational experience, along with excellent staff management skills.
You will have extensive clinical experience in special schools, including dysphagia, and significant experience managing SLT teams in special schools. Demonstrable clinical supervisory and line management skills are essential, along with experience in the day-to-day running of SLT teams working in special schools and dysphagia. This role involves working in partnership with Local Authorities and Parent Carer Networks, as well as managing a clinical caseload.
For more information about working with our team, please watch our recruitment video: CLCH S&L Recruitment - YouTube
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical supervision and line management to SLTs in special schools.
- Implement quality improvement strategies and initiatives.
- Deliver various SLT models of care within special school settings.
- Manage change within an SLT service.
- Lead service development projects/initiatives.
- Ensure SLT services are delivered to KPIs and contract specifications.
- Foster effective partnership working.
- Manage overall team and individual performance.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of clinical assessment, intervention approaches, and outcome measures in special schools for speech and language development.
- Provide assessment and intervention for children and young people with complex SLT needs, including dysphagia
What We Offer:
- Opportunities for continued development of highly specialist skills in a clinical area.
- Opportunities to develop and refine quality improvement skills and practice.
- Collaboration with an innovative, experienced, and knowledgeable team of fellow Team Leads.
- Regular 1:1 supervision and management support.
- Excellent agile working options.
- Great transport connections to central and greater London.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree and License to Practice from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and requirement for professional indemnity insurance if not a member of RCSLT
- Educated to modules at Master's level, or equivalent in SLT discipline or equivalent competency at post graduate diploma / training and experience
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties working in special school settings with teaching staff.Post graduate paediatric dysphagia experience (5 years) including non-oral feeding
- Experienced in partnership working, including for transformation.
- Experience working in partnership with LA colleagues to embed new ways of working and delivery of performance KPIs.
- Collaborative work with parents and other professionals, especially education staff.
- Extensive experience delivering training & coaching for teaching staff working in special school settings
- Experience of transformation and in delivering significant service development projects
- Has undertaken leadership training and has experience of leading SLT teams
- Experience of managing clinical staff in teams
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Able to understand and present complex information at a service level
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
- Demonstrates ability to be an effective team member
- Awareness of others' point of view e.g working in schools/LA
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills e.g when working in partnership with stakeholders
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Highly developed auditory perceptual skills in the assessment and diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language, communication and dysphagia difficulties
- 3.10 Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for school- aged children with Speech, Language and Communication impairments
- Knowledge of Education Practice and Policy including SEND reforms, Code of Practice, and National Curriculum
- Holistic view of communication difficulties in the context of education and philosophy
- Knowledge of Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- Knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree and License to Practice from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and requirement for professional indemnity insurance if not a member of RCSLT
- Educated to modules at Master's level, or equivalent in SLT discipline or equivalent competency at post graduate diploma / training and experience
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties working in special school settings with teaching staff.Post graduate paediatric dysphagia experience (5 years) including non-oral feeding
- Experienced in partnership working, including for transformation.
- Experience working in partnership with LA colleagues to embed new ways of working and delivery of performance KPIs.
- Collaborative work with parents and other professionals, especially education staff.
- Extensive experience delivering training & coaching for teaching staff working in special school settings
- Experience of transformation and in delivering significant service development projects
- Has undertaken leadership training and has experience of leading SLT teams
- Experience of managing clinical staff in teams
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Able to understand and present complex information at a service level
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
- Demonstrates ability to be an effective team member
- Awareness of others' point of view e.g working in schools/LA
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills e.g when working in partnership with stakeholders
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Highly developed auditory perceptual skills in the assessment and diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language, communication and dysphagia difficulties
- 3.10 Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for school- aged children with Speech, Language and Communication impairments
- Knowledge of Education Practice and Policy including SEND reforms, Code of Practice, and National Curriculum
- Holistic view of communication difficulties in the context of education and philosophy
- Knowledge of Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- Knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
