CLINICAL LEAD - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST (NHS AfC: Band 8a) - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY [...]

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: ALDER HEY HOSPITAL

Town: LIVERPOOL

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/03/2025 23:59

CLINICAL LEAD - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. Our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust’s values and behaviours. At Alder Hey, we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job Overview

To lead the inpatient and dysphagia speech and language therapy service and provide day-to-day line management and ensure effective service delivery.

Main Duties of the Job

Day-to-day management of inpatient and dysphagia SLT service.

Working for Our Organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Job Summary:

Provision of a high level of clinical and professional leadership for the Acute Speech and Language therapy services within the Medicine Division. To support the delivery of a high quality and safe service with a positive working experience for staff and service users.

To be an advanced clinical specialist and lead for the dysphagia and inpatient services within the hospital.

Key Relationships:

All relevant members of the patient care team, Divisional Management teams, external providers, and commissioners of Paediatric healthcare.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide highly specialised written and verbal advice to a range of professionals regarding the management and care of clients with dysphagia/inpatients.
• To demonstrate highly developed dysphagia assessment and advice for this client group.
• To use highly specialist knowledge to develop protocols and care packages in areas of expertise.
• To liaise with relevant parent/user groups as appropriate.
• To provide highly specialist advice/second opinions to speech and language therapists and other professionals in areas of expertise.
• To demonstrate advanced skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload and workload management.
• To be a source of senior clinical expertise within SALT for inpatients and the dysphagia service.
• To effectively examine and assess patients, identifying their problems and needs.
• To utilise examination and assessment findings to competently plan and carry out highly specialist programmes of treatment.
• To lead video fluoroscopy clinics.
• To set appropriate treatment aims and objectives in negotiation with the patient/carer and MD team if appropriate.
• To monitor and review care plans against outcomes and adjust care plans to facilitate achievement of goals.
• To raise awareness of dysphagia and communication impairments within the wider hospital setting.
• To counsel and advise parents as required.
• To produce, disseminate and update reports and guidelines regarding individual care plans.
• To provide support and advice to specialist SALTs and other professionals on assessment, diagnosis and clinical management of children with dysphagia and other complex conditions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified speech and language therapist with appropriate experience.

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.