Speech & Language Therapy (SLT) Workforce Project Lead | Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

The successful candidate will work with the Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) Speech & Language Therapy (SLT) services working in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (C&P) and Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Services (ICS) to identify and develop initiatives to support the development and retention of existing Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy assistants.

Salary is dependant on experience.

Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised.

The post is responsible for supporting the clinical SLT services in BLMK and C&P ICSs to deliver and evidence outstanding quality of care for service users through the completion of workforce development aims for the SLT services.

Project manage work needed to meet ICS' workforce development aims and lead on these using Quality Improvement (QI) methodology.

To regularly feedback project developments to the BLMK and C&P Faculties.

The project is expected to have a significant positive impact on the SLT workforce, leading to a more diverse, well-trained, and well-supported workforce. This will ultimately benefit patients / service users by improving access to high-quality speech and language therapeutic care.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Manage and develop the ICS' programme to embed the workforce development aims for SLT services. To develop a SLT career roadmap, maximising on local talent and recruitment into the ICS.

To develop and document career progression pathways, including opportunities to develop further via apprenticeships, and enhanced and advanced practice.

To review and scope Higher Education Institutions (HEI) regional and national apprenticeship programmes to ensure a robust SLT future pipeline to proactively guide future workforce planning.

To develop agreed competencies for B3/B4/B5 for specific roles to support the retention of existing SLT assistants. The competencies would allow the development of new models of SLT care and these will be shared across the region.

To develop agreed career progression pathways for B6/7/experienced therapists to identify opportunities for the development of ACP roles within SLT, and to scope potential gaps in service where Advances Clinical Practice (ACP) SLT could mitigate risks.

Lead programmes of improvement activity based on identifying excellence in clinical quality. For the project lead to provide the regional AHP Clinical Leadership Team with a project report, to evidence the impact of funding provision, and to positively influence service delivery in other Trusts across the region

Engage with key stakeholders to support learning and change. Working as a senior clinical leader, work with all SLT services to identify, implement and innovate to drive workforce change and improvement. Support the development of professional practice as a result of Trust, regional and national developments.

Develops and implements specialist policies that are needed to ensure the smooth and effective implementation of this policy

Be an active member of the ICS to influence and inform the quality agenda for Speech and Language therapists via reporting, improvement and learning, and by providing expert knowledge where relevant.

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