Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 448-NCYP-6186234
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cringleford Business Centre
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 per annum, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/05/2024
Employer heading
Speech & Language Therapy Service Lead – Norfolk & Waveney
Band 8b
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and experienced clinician and leader?
Are you passionate about the delivery of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs? If so, we would love to hear from you.
If you are a successful Speech and Language Therapist with a track record of implementing service wide change and a passion for working as part of a committed system to improve outcomes for children - then we can offer an exciting opportunity to lead an innovative Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service for children and young people, across Norfolk and Waveney.
In this role you will be responsible for working with staff and the wider system to deliver the Balanced System model to ensure the most impactful service we can for families.
As Service Lead for SLT, you would join an organisation that already delivers established speech and language therapy services in Cambridgeshire, Luton and Bedfordshire and we are excited about the opportunities developing services brings to enabling a community of practice across our footprint.
Please note that should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert earlier than advertised.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to provide clinical leadership and operational management for the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service in Norfolk and Waveney.
They will be responsible for the management and delivery of a comprehensive and effective SLT service for children and young people (CYP) across Norfolk and Waveney.
The post holder will represent the Trust in working with key local stakeholders to operationally deliver high quality integrated SLT service and will be required to deputise for the Children and Young People’s (CYP) service director, as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Responsible for the delivery of the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service for CYP ensuring that the services are effective, co-ordinated and responsive to the needs of the local population across the geographical area covered by Norfolk and Waveney.
- Operational accountability for the effective delivery of SLT pathways and work around the needs of CYP and their families and ensure all objectives and key performance indicators are met.
- Responsible for the management and monitoring of the physical and budgetary resources for SLT Service, meeting with management accountants as appropriate and holding authorised signatory status.
- In conjunction with key internal and external stakeholders, identify areas of service improvement for the local community, utilising Public Health data; inform the CYP Service Director within the Trust in the monitoring of serious incidents, incidents and near misses and other learning opportunities or quality indicators, ensuring they are reported and responded to appropriately.
- Maintain risk management processes, controls assurance and complaints in a positive and sensitive way in accordance with Trust policy.
- Responsible for the strategic planning and policy of CYP Service within the Trust’s Cambridgeshire & Norfolk’s Young People’s Directorate.
- Responsible for supporting the strategic planning, policy, and practice of CYP SLT across the Trust via the establishment of a Trust wide community of practice.
- To represent the Trust on various multi-agency partnership groups and boards in relation to the SEND agenda and to disseminate information, ensuring that colleagues are kept up to date of developments.
- To actively participate and appropriately delegate participation for transformation projects and pieces of work focusing on integration.
- To participate in the emergency and contingency planning for the services.
- Responsibility for negotiation of service level agreements with other parties.
- Responsibility for provision of advice to commissioners.
- Responsibility for workforce planning.
- To contribute to the CYP Leadership Strategy and to work within its remit.
- Work together with all CYP Leads to ensure the CYP service delivered is equitable countywide, allowing adjustment for local variations.
- Ensure CYP vision, service goals and objectives are clearly articulated to staff.
- Develop a collective leadership model where all team members can lead dependent on skills and motivation.
- Demonstrate key leadership skills as identified in the NHS Leadership Framework.
- It is envisaged that the post holder will hold a clinical caseload accounting for approximately 20% of a full-time post (80/20)
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of continuous professional development and its application
- Post graduate level training/qualification in relevant clinical and/or management field or able to demonstrate equivalent experience to masters level
Desirable criteria
- Leadership / Management courses
- Membership of Professional Body and/or Special Interest Group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent NHS management experience at a senior level
- Knowledge of relevant legislation general NHS processes, policies and current strategies and performance framework
- Influencing, persuading and negotiating with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Working in a management position to include complex staffing issues, workforce planning, service development and project management
- Working as an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist
- Teaching and training own and other professions within and outside health settings
- Working and engaging with a variety of senior staff
- Integrated working and leadership; both internally with other professional groups and externally across organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse groups
- Ability to lead by example and motivate teams
- Ability to analyse and assimilate information to make decisions
- Understanding of the integration agenda including the skills to embed its concepts into the culture of the profession
Desirable criteria
- Ability to apply and use advanced analytical tools
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susie Robertson
- Job title
- Clinical & Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580 941102
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