Band 6 Senior Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated part-time Band 6 Senior Speech and Language Therapist and Fluency Specialist. This 0.6WTE (3 day a week) role will be based at Newton Abbot Hospital and will be part of the highly supportive Torbay, South and West Devon S< Team. The successful candidate will be a Team Lead to the South Devon Speech and Language Therapy team and collaboratively deliver a community speech and language therapy service to children and young people within clinic and education settings across 2 days. They will also manage their own specialist fluency (stammering) caseload, providing assessment, intervention and advice to children and young people in Torbay, South and West Devon across 1 day with support from the Band 7 lead fluency specialist. Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams., The speech and language therapy service within CFHD have transformed to work within the Balanced System framework. Manage a caseload of children and young people with Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups) and as part of a multidisciplinary team Provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLTs in the team Work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day-to-day caseload management Participate in the provision of student placements Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead Using a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and routine outcome measures Promote and support participation of service users across the service Participate in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate, Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.,

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Full Registration with Health Professions Council
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups, Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to any paediatric communication disorders including Stammering, Learning Disability and Autism.
Person Sepcification,
• Highly developed specialist knowledge (acquired through attending specialist short courses) to enable post holder to work autonomously
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of independent management of complex and highly specialised caseload and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• In depth knowledge of children with special needs and associated conditions underpinned by current evidence-based practice
• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools relevant to working with children and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• Ability to make a differential diagnosis, choose appropriate treatments from a range of options and provide specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes by use of evidence-based practice
• Ability to use specialist experience to inform sound clinical judgements/ decision making for case management
• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Proven relevant experience post qualification in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community, Competence in delivering language development training to both professional and untrained staff in the community
• Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff
• Experience in team leading and organising a local service/clinic
• Experience of supervising less experienced Speech and Language Therapists
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working in early years, school age and specialist settings.
• Experience providing assessment and intervention for children and young people who stammer, and knowledge of current evidence-based practices related to stammering.
  
  At Children and Family Health Devon, we are dedicated to improving the physical and mental health of children and young people across Devon and Torbay. We aim to create an environment where children and young people can thrive and are committed to reducing health inequalities and providing specialised support, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfilling lives., We are an alliance of NHS organisations led by Devon Partnership Trust. We are a group of professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, nurses and many other professions.
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