Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Pediatric Dysphagia

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified Band 7, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in paediatric dysphagia, to join our friendly, innovative and supportive Children's team in Bradford, a vibrant multicultural city. The successful applicant will be the lead for Paediatric dysphagia, advising on clinical issues relating to the planning and organisation of children's Speech & Language Therapy Services in this specialism. You will manage a small team of Speech & Language Therapists/Support workers,, providing support to our paediatric population and their families from newborns to 18 year olds, with eating and drinking difficulties.

You will join a team of dedicated Speech and Language Therapists and Clinical Support Workers who are passionate about meeting the needs of our population andbe supported by a Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Manager .

The Speech and Language Therapy service provides a supportive network of generalist, specialist and highly specialist therapists working in a wide range of clinical areas, and there are excellent opportunities for continuous professional development and clinical supervision, To provide Highly Specialist assessment, therapy, advice and support to infants, children and young people with dysphagia within the Bradford District Care Trust area and some external tertiary networks

To manage a caseload of highly complex cases, including infants, children and young people who present with complex dysphagia.

To be the lead on clinical issues relating to the planning and organisation of Speech & Language Therapy Services in this specialism, including the development of care protocols and policy in conjunction with the Team Managers and Service Manager. This includes the identification of service priorities and the initiation of clinical developments/policy.

To offer highly specialist clinical advice/training/support to SLT colleagues and other professionals in paediatric dysphagia.

To line manage individuals within the Speech and Language Therapy Service and contribute to the effective delivery of the Speech and Language Therapy Service.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.