Job Description

To provide a clinical and advisory SLT service to mainstream school aged children and young people with a diverse range of speech, language and communication needs. Including those with complex needs e.g. biomedical disorders and Autism.



The post holder will provide a specialist service to children and young people with a language disorder in a range of settings, however language will be the primary need.



To participate in the development and delivery of training programmes and develop information for school staff, parents and carers and colleagues in health and education.



To develop supervision skills with junior therapists, assistants, and students.



To work as part of an integrated team with Speech and Language therapy assistants and SLT colleagues. To participate in multi-disciplinary work with colleagues in health, education and parents/carers.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post:

We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.



To provide an assessment, diagnostic and treatment service for children referred to the school aged service within the Borough of Bexley.



To be responsible for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions.



To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of language disorders, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team.



To demonstrate clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of autism and be aware of social, emotional and mental health needs, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team.



To reflect on own clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice.



To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and mentors and identify own strengths and developmental needs.



To maintain professional competence through personal development and training. To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration and meet HCPC Registration requirements maintaining a professional portfolio.



To undertake relevant public health skills training and updates as required.



Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.



We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.



Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:



We're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care



To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of language disorder which may include Developmental Language Disorder / Language Disorder associated with a bio-medical condition e.g., Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy.



To contribute to the formulation and review/update of clinical care pathways.



To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice when appropriate. Written reports / care plans will be completely in a timely manner to service users and appropriate agencies.



To demonstrate high level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures. To be a source of expertise and hold knowledge of best evidence-based practice in a specialist clinical area that will be shared with other team members.



To monitor and review the progress of therapy programmes and care plans implemented and facilitate modifications of interventions/targets as appropriate.



To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload and workload management.



To adapt practice to meet individual clients' circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.



To maintain intense concentration in all aspects of patient management for prolonged periods. In particular, to monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client's communication, adapting and facilitating according to perceived client needs including cultural and linguistic differences.



To ensure maximum involvement of the family / carer, education staff and other professional staff and where appropriate the client in the therapy programme. To provide therapy intervention as part of an integrated team.



To work alongside school aged educators and SLT assistants in delivering jointly planned programmes of intervention for speech, language, communication, and educational achievement.



To maintain and develop effective and innovative partnership arrangements with other agencies to ensure care pathways for clients are integrated.



To maintain a clinical caseload in accordance with priorities of service.



To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, voluntary sector organizations and parents / carers.



To respond to the requirements of relevant legislation by providing advice and a detailed report as part of proceedings including such as Education Health Care Plans, Individual Integrated Care Plans, Annual Reviews and transition planning.



To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seeks advice and support to resolve.



To supervise the work of newly qualified therapists, assistants/therapy support staff/administration, clerical staff, learning support assistants and SLT students.



To monitor and evaluate own service delivery accessing clinical supervision on a planned basis.



To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate through mentoring, peer support, clinical and managerial supervision.



To be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable work patterns, deadlines, and interruptions.



To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager, including leading working groups within area of service, attending multi-professional meetings relating to the service.



To advise line manager on issues of service delivery, including shortfall, service pressures etc within the team.



To refer on to other agencies as appropriate.



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