The Community Speech & Language Therapy Service at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an innovative Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapists to join the team.

The post is to work into the Liverpool locality with joint working across with Sefton colleagues to further develop the clinically evidence-based care pathways for children and young people who are non-speaking, presenting with social communication / interaction difficulties, with / without a diagnosis of Autism.

The post holder will work predominantly clinically with their own caseload as well as to support speech and language therapists and SLT assistants to provide good quality care to work towards achieving the outcomes set collaboratively with the CYP, their parents / carers and families.

There are also elements of service co-ordination, performance management and leadership expected as part of this post

The post is based in the community, and so there is an expectation that the successful candidate will be a car driver and have access to a vehicle to enable then to travel to, and between various locations throughout the week.

If you are enthusiastic about this post, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with their colleagues to further develop and monitor the implementation and quality of care pathways for children and young people in their highly specialist clinical area.

They will lead a small team of speech and language therapists to provide clinical supervision ensuring they provide a high-quality speech and language therapy service to children in a variety of community settings including clinics, schools and nurseries.

We are looking for candidates who can assess and provide a range of therapeutic interventions using their highly specialist knowledge to children in the aforementioned clinical areas.

The team work collaboratively with other partner agencies and carers to enable them to understand the communication needs and to provide appropriate advice, support and intervention.

About us

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. Inaddition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, incollaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

Great flexible working opportunities

Discounted gym membership

Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme

Generous annual leave and pension scheme

Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job description

Job responsibilities

To manage and prioritise a caseload of children and young people (CYP) aged 0-19, who present with speech, language and / or communication needs which may / may not be part of a wider neuro developmental condition.

To work with clients, their parents/carers and other agencies involved with their care, in a range of settings including specialist and mainstream schools, nurseries, Childrens Centres and other community settings.

To use highly skilled assessment procedures to gather information pertinent to the speech, language and communication needs of the CYP.

To provide highly specialised written reports and verbal advice, including training relevant professionals and the families.

To lead a small team of Speech & Language Therapists and / or Assistants, providing clinical supervision and absence & performance management.

To work with SLT colleagues to develop and review the clinical pathways for CYP in their highly specialist clinical area.

Person Specification

Education & Training

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
• Health & Care Professions Council - Licence to Practise
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master's degree equivalent.

Desirable

• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Network

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience at undergraduate and post graduate level.
• Significant relevant experience post qualification, including demonstrable evidence working as a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist.
• In-depth experience within specialist area

Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
• Well developed concentration skills
• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
• In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
• In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit

Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kilby House

Liverpool Innovation Park, Digital Way, Edge Lane Drive

Liverpool

L7 9NJ

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