The Children's Integrated Speech and Language Therapy service for Hackney and The City is an innovative and supportive team offering high quality services to our diverse East London community and beyond.

The post holder will be joining an innovative and friendly team of Clinical Leads to lead the mainstream part of the Service. The post will include both clinical time working in mainstream primary schools as well as clinical leadership time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with colleagues in the Senior Leadership Team to ensure the smooth running of the service with a particular focus on Mainstream Primary Schools.

A large part of this service is delivered through Traded Services with schools and the post holder will work closely with the service Operational Lead to manage this.

Clinical work will be within one of the local schools and the Clinical Leadership part of the role will be focused on delivering a high quality SaLT service to schools, developing a skilled workforce and meeting statutory obligations around SEND.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues from Education in Hackney and The City to ensure that SaLT is an integral part of the Graduate Response and that the wider workforce is skilled in supporting SLCN.

There will be line management responsibilities as well as broader service leadership roles.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of Outstanding from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

Homerton Aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and out People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensure all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Demonstrates trust values
• Creative thinking and passion for clinical area
• Ability to initiate as well as respond well to change
• A commitment to equal opportunities

Experience

Essential

• oSignificant postgraduate experience including time within the relevant specialist area
• oExperience of supervising less experienced staff
• oExperience of advising/providing second opinions.
• oExperience of developing case management skills in less experienced staff.
• oExperience of undertaking appraisal and planning CPD for less experienced staff.
• oExperience of developing and delivering core and specialist training
• ooEvidence of in-depth experience in specialist area including active networking with other specialists regionally and nationally

Desirable

• oExperience of line management

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent (Post-Graduate Diploma or MSc in Speech and Language therapy)
• oHealth and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• oEvidence of successful completion of specialist courses at / equivalent to MSc level in -Research methodology -Advanced clinical skills in specialist area of practice
• oStaff and student supervision course

Desirable

• oMembership of relevant Clinical Excellence Network
• oContribution to the profession or clinical area e.g. CEN committee member.
• oRegistered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
• oManagement / Leadership training

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• oSpecialist technical skills relevant to the specialist area of practice acquired through advanced training and significant experience
• oExcellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• oNegotiation and problem solving skills
• oDemonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• oWell developed concentration skills
• oHighly developed presentation skills, both written and verbal including the use of IT systems
• oGood organisational and prioritisation skills
• oGood auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• oDemonstrates ability to be a good team member
• oAble to lead and inspire others

Desirable

• Speaker of other relevant community language

Knowledge

Essential

• oIn-depth knowledge and understanding of national policies and procedures relevant to the specialist client group
• oIn depth and expert knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• oIn -depth knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
• oUnderstanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• oUnderstanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
• oKnowledge of standards of record keeping
• oIn depth understanding of principles of assessment and intervention for bilingual children

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Orsman Road

London

N1 5RA

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