Senior Speech and Language Therapist
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
We are looking for a part time B6 Speech and Language Therapist with a special interest in working with young people who have complex needs.
We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams. This post will be based in the Exeter East and Mid Devon locality.
The role will include speech and language assessment and intervention for children and young people with significant communication difficulties, often those with a complex medical history. Support can be offered usually within the special school setting and include working with the young persons support network with a focus on developing a total communication approach to enhance receptive and expressive language skills.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!
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Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups and as part of a multidisciplinary team).
Provide reports, feedback and statistics reflecting specialist knowledge.
Inform carers and other professionals on details from specialist assessments.
Work with the wider team to co-ordinate visits, clinic appointments and oversee the day to day caseload management.
Participate in the provision of student placements and support rotation therapists at a lower banding across the county as needed.
Working within a CFHD pathway of care, provide clinical support for the complex needs specialism to SLT’s across the other designated pathways/s of care (these can include but are not limited to; Speech, Language and Communication Pathway, Managing Neurodiversity Pathway, Community Children’s Nursing, Physical and Sensory pathway and Vulnerable Children’s Pathway).
Working for our organisation
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;
- Torbay and South Devon FT
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust
- Royal Devon and Exeter FT
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
- Livewell South West
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people which are provided by TSDFT and DPT. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say…
“We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure”.
Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in a way that is accessible and easily understood. This will include facilitating strategies for people with communication disorders where barriers to understanding may exist.
Demonstrate specialist Speech and Language Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions.
Responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise.
Use routine outcome measures and goal-based approach, collaboratively with service users, in ways that inform treatment and clinical care.
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly.
- Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
- Applicants who identify in their application form they are a part of the Armed Forces community will be guaranteed an interview, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria outlined in the job description and person specification for the role. Step into Health guidance can be found on our NHS Employers website.
- Correspondence will be sent via Trac, text, and email. Please ensure you check your email and Trac account regularly.
- Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
- If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
- It is your responsibility to ensure the timely receipt of appropriate references.
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.