This is an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist wanting to further develop their managerial skills alongside their highly specialist clinical skills. If you have significant experience in the field of ALD and/or Special SEND, we would welcome your application. You would be joining a highly respected team of Speech and Language Therapists, Co-workers and Assistants working across three London Boroughs in a variety of settings.

You will be leading a small Therapy Team of SaLT, OT and Physio at the Bromley Campus of the London South East Colleges (LSEC) group. The Therapy Team service has been developing over the last 10 years and is now contracted on a longer-term basis. The aim of the service is to support young people with SEND to access the college curriculum and prepare for adulthood.

You will be working alongside other Band 7 SaLTs in the Directorate, supported by the Professional Lead, to develop and implement creative, evidence based and efficient approaches to service delivery. We have a robust supervision and PDR process and are keen to support continuing personal development.

This post is term time only (38 weeks) but you could consider joining the Oxleas Bank if you are interested in work opportunities during the college holidays.

The Trust is committed to equal opportunities promoting diversity, developing supporting policies and operates a variety of flexible working arrangements.

Main duties of the job

Overview of the PostTo work as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Therapy Team Clinical/Operational Lead within the Adult Learning Disabilities Directorate, delivering high quality assessment and intervention to young people attending SEND courses at LSEC Bromley Campus.

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To lead, plan and develop the LSEC Therapy Team (Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy) at the Bromley Campus ensuring delivery of a high quality, efficient therapy service.
• To deliver high quality, Specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis, and intervention to people to young people attending SEND courses at LSEC Bromley Campus.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further detailed information relating to this post

Person Specification

Qualifications and Registration

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist

Desirable

• Completion of Post-Basic Dysphagia Competencies (Level C and above)

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 4 years' post-graduate experience, 2 of which are within area of specialism.
• Experience in mentoring/supporting/supervising less experienced staff/assistants.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary and inter agency working.
• Experience in contributing to policy, planning and service development.
• Experience of providing a range of therapeutic interventions necessary for client group

Desirable

• Evidence of management skills obtained through experience.
• Experience in dealing with Human Resources issues such as recruitment and retention.
• Experience of leading a team

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• In-depth knowledge of specialist clinical area
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key stakeholders in the service area.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

London South East Colleges, Bromley Campus

Rookery Lane

Bromley

BR2 8HE

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