Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; North East, Darlington, Newton Aycliffe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to work within the LD CAMHS service in Durham and Darlington. There is an expectation that the successful applicant will work across both North and South Durham bases.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to carry out clinical work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist assessment to children and young people within the Learning Disabilities CAMHS service. You will be professionally accountable for your own caseload, working autonomously in a variety of community settings including the children and young people's own homes.

You will confidently be able to develop and implement treatment programmes and provide advice to children and young people and their parent/carers with mental health and/or learning disabilities and associated complex communication difficulties across a diverse range of presentations. You will be responsible for ensuring the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of the children and young people are maintained at all times and that care is delivered in accordance with evidence-based practice by all members of the team.

You will provide clinical supervision to speech and language therapy staff and students and facilitate others within the team to develop competence by providing clinical leadership and specialist clinical advice on more complex cases.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham, Tees Valley, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care -- our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• HCPC registered
• Post-graduate training in specialist areas relevant to the role e.g. Intensive Interaction, Talking Mats, Dysphagia, Autism etc. (or willingness to achieve within agreed timescale)
• Clinical Supervisory Skills course
• Trust training in Appraisal and Recruitment (within an agreed timescale)
• Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
• Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Skills

• Communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation.
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Motivate and work positively and constructively with other members of the team.
• Provide effective teaching, training and clinical supervision.
• Provide specific SLT assessment as part of an MDT and communicate findings effectively.

Experience

• Experience working with children with neurodevelopmental differences
• Experience supervising staff
• Experience of running group sessions
• Supervising SLT students
• Participation in quality improvement events
• Experience in working with children with mental health needs
• Experience contributing to neurodevelopmental assessment

Knowledge

• National Guidance relating to neurodevelopmental assessment in children
• Significant knowledge of the needs and challenges for Children & Young People with neurodifference, their families and services
• Knowledge of communication presentations associated with different neurodevelopmental profiles

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Acley Centre, North End house and Holly Unit