Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a Dysphagia Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Children's Therapies Team in East Kent. This Band 7 role encompasses both leadership and clinical work in the community with children and families aged 0-19 years. The Children's Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children and families within KCHFT. You will be part of an innovative, cohesive and enthusiastic team of dysphagia therapists who have reimagined KCHFT's dysphagia service. As part of our county-wide approach to the management of children with dysphagia, you will be able to offer virtual appointments to families across Kent, as well as locality-based face-to-face sessions. You will provide support and supervision to other clinicians in the team managing children with dysphagia and support competencies for therapists completing Dysphagia specialist training. You will access and lead on fortnightly group supervision and CPD sessions, whilst building links with external stakeholders. You will work with the other Dysphagia leads to monitor, review and develop pathways to ensure the service is able to offer safe, efficient, and effective assessment and intervention in a timely way. Main duties of the job
Supporting and leading on the Dysphagia pathways across Kent. Leading on service policy and clinical care pathways across KCHFT for dysphagia. Ensuring team members are working to agreed care pathway within dysphagia. Providing effective supervision, training, and support to SLTs to enhance their CPD. Reporting and advising on development requirements in dysphagia to colleagues, Professional Leads, Team Leads, Locality Clinical Manager, and Head of Service. Participating in reflective practice and ongoing learning within these clinical fields. Carrying out delegated line management of staff. Managing a complex/specialist clinical caseload across 0-19 years. This vacancy is for up to 0.6 (Wte): The role will be a hybrid model of working (virtual and face-to-face). We pride ourselves on the support and opportunities offered to staff at all stages in their career including; regular meetings with a line manager, access to supervision, in-house and external training. We offer regular clinical governance days where all localities come together to share knowledge and skills. About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent. We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both. Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you; their contact details can be found in the job advert. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Person Specification
Qualifications
Speech and Language Therapist; degree; HCPC; Post grade qualification in dysphagia. Masters or working towards. Experience
Minimum of 2 years experience in dysphagia; support others as mentor/educator/supervisor; experience of managing complex caseloads. Special Knowledge & Experience
Understanding of NSF/NICE in relevant areas; Evidence of CPD within last 12 months; Proven ability to develop effective partnerships to achieve practical outcomes across organisational boundaries including statutory organisations, external agencies, community and voluntary organisations. Ability to Manage
Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures; Ability to manage own time effectively. Personal Attributes
Ability to work under pressure; Flexible and adaptable. 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. Address
Children's Assessment Centre, Canterbury Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata, per annum Contract
Fixed term Duration
1 year Working pattern
Part-time Reference number
846-6922368-EP Job locations
Children's Assessment Centre, Canterbury
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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a Dysphagia Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Children's Therapies Team in East Kent. This Band 7 role encompasses both leadership and clinical work in the community with children and families aged 0-19 years. The Children's Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children and families within KCHFT. You will be part of an innovative, cohesive and enthusiastic team of dysphagia therapists who have reimagined KCHFT's dysphagia service. As part of our county-wide approach to the management of children with dysphagia, you will be able to offer virtual appointments to families across Kent, as well as locality-based face-to-face sessions. You will provide support and supervision to other clinicians in the team managing children with dysphagia and support competencies for therapists completing Dysphagia specialist training. You will access and lead on fortnightly group supervision and CPD sessions, whilst building links with external stakeholders. You will work with the other Dysphagia leads to monitor, review and develop pathways to ensure the service is able to offer safe, efficient, and effective assessment and intervention in a timely way. Main duties of the job
Supporting and leading on the Dysphagia pathways across Kent. Leading on service policy and clinical care pathways across KCHFT for dysphagia. Ensuring team members are working to agreed care pathway within dysphagia. Providing effective supervision, training, and support to SLTs to enhance their CPD. Reporting and advising on development requirements in dysphagia to colleagues, Professional Leads, Team Leads, Locality Clinical Manager, and Head of Service. Participating in reflective practice and ongoing learning within these clinical fields. Carrying out delegated line management of staff. Managing a complex/specialist clinical caseload across 0-19 years. This vacancy is for up to 0.6 (Wte): The role will be a hybrid model of working (virtual and face-to-face). We pride ourselves on the support and opportunities offered to staff at all stages in their career including; regular meetings with a line manager, access to supervision, in-house and external training. We offer regular clinical governance days where all localities come together to share knowledge and skills. About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent. We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both. Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you; their contact details can be found in the job advert. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Person Specification
Qualifications
Speech and Language Therapist; degree; HCPC; Post grade qualification in dysphagia. Masters or working towards. Experience
Minimum of 2 years experience in dysphagia; support others as mentor/educator/supervisor; experience of managing complex caseloads. Special Knowledge & Experience
Understanding of NSF/NICE in relevant areas; Evidence of CPD within last 12 months; Proven ability to develop effective partnerships to achieve practical outcomes across organisational boundaries including statutory organisations, external agencies, community and voluntary organisations. Ability to Manage
Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures; Ability to manage own time effectively. Personal Attributes
Ability to work under pressure; Flexible and adaptable. 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. Address
Children's Assessment Centre, Canterbury Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata, per annum Contract
Fixed term Duration
1 year Working pattern
Part-time Reference number
846-6922368-EP Job locations
Children's Assessment Centre, Canterbury
#J-18808-Ljbffr
