Job summary
- Main area
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AHP067-0424
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Pontyclun
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Paeds Dysphagia Lead
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Band 7 SLT to work with children with a wide range of complex needs.
You will join the complex needs team, and have responsibility to lead the dysphagia service for children from 0 - 19 years. You will manage children across children's centres, schools and wards with support from the wider Paediatric Team across Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB. You will provide management and leadership for the SLT's and TI's providing to our caseloads.
The children's SLT Team uses Malcomess Care Aims and Advanced Decision Making principles across the service in conjunction with many of the MDT Team. The children's SLT service has a range of clinical specialist posts available for support and second opinions and staff are fully support by both a line management structure , Band 8 Paediatric Leads and an Admin Team.
We are entering an exciting new phase of our development of services fit for the future and would welcome you joining us.
Main duties of the job
To lead the dysphagia service for babies and children.
To provide highly specialist speech & language therapy to babies and children and young people with a range of highly complex communication and swallowing disorders.
To work effectively in a multidisciplinary health team in managing babies and young children with complex health and learning difficulties.
Providing input to families of children in stages of grief as a result of childhood ill health and disability.
To function independently in the highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, development and implementation of appropriate speech and language therapy care packages for babies and very young children, with specific duties for children with complex communication and/ or feeding disorders.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg SLT department are a friendly and compassionate team who place a strong commitment to supporting staff well-being, supervision and continued professional development.
The children's SLT Team uses Malcomess Care Aims and Advanced Decision Making principles across the service in conjunction with many of the MDT Team. We have a range of clinical specialists available for support and second opinions and staff are supported by a line management structure, Paediatric Team Leads and an Admin Team.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post: Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
CNS caseload
Essential criteria
- Post graduate dysphagia qualification
- Worked in a multiagency team
- Understanding of neurological disorders.
- worked in a multidisciplinary Team
- Special school experience
- Post Graduate dysphagia experience
- Suitable experience in managing a service and/or team.
Desirable criteria
- suitable postgraduate training e.g. PECS, intensive interaction.
Skills in management
Essential criteria
- team management
- line management / mentoring / supervision
Desirable criteria
- change management
Experience
Essential criteria
- CNS experieice 6+years
- dysphagia experience
Desirable criteria
- range of roles in different settings
- managing conflict
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gruby Barrett
- Job title
- Professional Lead Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 351300
- Additional information
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