Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist B6 Universal/Targeted Post
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
We are seeking a passionate, innovative and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our Childrens Speech and Language Therapy Team. We are looking for an individual who demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with a passion for delivering high standards of care in the heart of the community.
The role will be to support the development and delivery of the targeted and universal levels of the speech and language therapy service in line with current commission requirements.
To audit and review outcomes for stakeholders and children accessing targeted and universal speech and language therapy service levels.
To propose service developments which make best use of available resources and reduce duplication across agencies.
Main duties of the job
To promote interagency work to ensure all children have appropriate language and communication opportunities to reach their desired outcomes.
Share expertise related to key messages and to model best practice with colleagues, families and practitioners.
To undertake effective and holistic assessment of children referred to understand the functional impact of any speech, language or communication need and the service role in addressing this need.
To coordinate the management of a clinical caseload of children identified as meeting criteria for targeted level response.
Management of specialist clinical caseload in line with service demands.
To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using advanced clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate highly specialised interventions and programmes of care.
To promote health and reduce inequalities for children, young people, families and communities, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health, education and social well-being.
Provide supervision to colleagues which facilitates a culture of learning and reflective practice.
Identify audit/research opportunities, initiating, designing and implementing projects and resulting recommendations/service development proposals.
To work as a member of the integrated team for children throughout the district to ensure high quality coordinated patient care.
About us At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person Specification Qualifications
Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy approved by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
Registered with HCPC
On-going membership with the RCSLT
Evidence of advanced postgraduate training in field of specialism.
Membership of specialist interest groups.
Experience
Experience of delivering training to others (parents, other agencies)
Experience of implementing own service development initiatives.
Experience of working in a variety of community settings.
Evidence of Leadership Training.
Knowledge
To demonstrate specialist knowledge across the full range of work procedures and practices, which are underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.
High level of knowledge of current national and local strategies, clinical guidelines and legislation relating to the delivery of speech and language therapy services to early years, and school aged population.
To have a highly developed knowledge of a broad range of specialist assessments as required.
An understanding of the roles of other professionals involved in the specialist area of practice.
The Balanced System training
TOMs
Skills and Aptitudes
Highly developed physical skills where a high degree of precision, speed and high levels of hand/eye and sensory coordination are essential for performing real time, accurate phonemic and phonetic transcriptions and signing to support speech.
To use highly developed auditory, perceptual and observational skills, together with highly specialist knowledge, underpinned by current evidence based practice to assess, make differential diagnoses, structure clear care plans and adapt practice to meet individual circumstances.
To be able to use highly developed communication skills for communicating and understanding highly complex, sensitive and contentious information in a verbal or written form, where there may be significant barriers to acceptance and understanding, which need to be overcome, using highly developed negotiation, influencing, persuasive, and emphatic or reassurance skills.
Skills to lead and promote multi-agency and inter-agency working and collaborative practice.
To be able to maintain intense concentration on a frequent basis in all aspects of patient management.
Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks and work independently to manage cases, using relevant policies and specialist knowledge to inform and make clinical decisions.
Ability to multi-task on a frequent basis e.g. analyse data, compile complex reports with distractions and frequent interruptions.
To demonstrate skills and awareness of manual handling regulations in relation to the lifting and handling of children when required.
Skills required to make formal presentations and provide training both to staff in own profession and other professionals.
Personal Circumstances
Full driving licence
Physical effort from Band 6 profile
Other requirements
Support equality and value diversity (Level 2)
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.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
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The role will be to support the development and delivery of the targeted and universal levels of the speech and language therapy service in line with current commission requirements.
To audit and review outcomes for stakeholders and children accessing targeted and universal speech and language therapy service levels.
To propose service developments which make best use of available resources and reduce duplication across agencies.
Main duties of the job
To promote interagency work to ensure all children have appropriate language and communication opportunities to reach their desired outcomes.
Share expertise related to key messages and to model best practice with colleagues, families and practitioners.
To undertake effective and holistic assessment of children referred to understand the functional impact of any speech, language or communication need and the service role in addressing this need.
To coordinate the management of a clinical caseload of children identified as meeting criteria for targeted level response.
Management of specialist clinical caseload in line with service demands.
To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using advanced clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate highly specialised interventions and programmes of care.
To promote health and reduce inequalities for children, young people, families and communities, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health, education and social well-being.
Provide supervision to colleagues which facilitates a culture of learning and reflective practice.
Identify audit/research opportunities, initiating, designing and implementing projects and resulting recommendations/service development proposals.
To work as a member of the integrated team for children throughout the district to ensure high quality coordinated patient care.
About us At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person Specification Qualifications
Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy approved by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
Registered with HCPC
On-going membership with the RCSLT
Evidence of advanced postgraduate training in field of specialism.
Membership of specialist interest groups.
Experience
Experience of delivering training to others (parents, other agencies)
Experience of implementing own service development initiatives.
Experience of working in a variety of community settings.
Evidence of Leadership Training.
Knowledge
To demonstrate specialist knowledge across the full range of work procedures and practices, which are underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.
High level of knowledge of current national and local strategies, clinical guidelines and legislation relating to the delivery of speech and language therapy services to early years, and school aged population.
To have a highly developed knowledge of a broad range of specialist assessments as required.
An understanding of the roles of other professionals involved in the specialist area of practice.
The Balanced System training
TOMs
Skills and Aptitudes
Highly developed physical skills where a high degree of precision, speed and high levels of hand/eye and sensory coordination are essential for performing real time, accurate phonemic and phonetic transcriptions and signing to support speech.
To use highly developed auditory, perceptual and observational skills, together with highly specialist knowledge, underpinned by current evidence based practice to assess, make differential diagnoses, structure clear care plans and adapt practice to meet individual circumstances.
To be able to use highly developed communication skills for communicating and understanding highly complex, sensitive and contentious information in a verbal or written form, where there may be significant barriers to acceptance and understanding, which need to be overcome, using highly developed negotiation, influencing, persuasive, and emphatic or reassurance skills.
Skills to lead and promote multi-agency and inter-agency working and collaborative practice.
To be able to maintain intense concentration on a frequent basis in all aspects of patient management.
Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks and work independently to manage cases, using relevant policies and specialist knowledge to inform and make clinical decisions.
Ability to multi-task on a frequent basis e.g. analyse data, compile complex reports with distractions and frequent interruptions.
To demonstrate skills and awareness of manual handling regulations in relation to the lifting and handling of children when required.
Skills required to make formal presentations and provide training both to staff in own profession and other professionals.
Personal Circumstances
Full driving licence
Physical effort from Band 6 profile
Other requirements
Support equality and value diversity (Level 2)
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.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
#J-18808-Ljbffr
