Co-ordinator of School-Age Service and External Contracts

Job overview

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to lead a Mainstream School-age Service and coordinate External Contracts? If so, come and join Bexley Children’s Speech & Language Therapy service!

You will have a clinical SLT specialism within school-age years and a track record in planning and delivering Speech and Language services as well as contributing to service- level strategic and operational planning. Ideally you would have some experience of coordinating contracts with external and partnership organisations.

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a vibrant and diverse organisation, with established values: We’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care. Located within reach of the Kent countryside and central London. The post attracts Outer London pay weighting.

For more information about the position, please call 07771988477, to speak to Paula Johnson, Operational Manager for Bexley Therapies/Greenwich Music Therapy.

Oxleas NHS Trust operates a Probationary Period, further details are available on request.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide leadership to the Mainstream School-age Service and coordinate external contracts in Bexley ensuring continued and co-ordinated service delivery and development of clinical provision and inter-agency, local partnership working with local partners.

The post holder will oversee the development of clinical provision across school-age services and will oversee the management and promotion of external contracts within the Bexley Collaborative Commissioning model alongside colleagues from Bexley Therapies (Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy), colleagues from Oxleas Business Office and colleagues from London Borough of Bexley.

They will monitor and support budget management and work closely with the Service Lead, Coordinators for EY and Special Schools and the Operational Manager.

In addition, the post holder will provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention to children and young people within the school-age service. They will support parents, clients and other professionals in all issues related to client management.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide leadership to the Mainstream School-age Service and coordinate external contracts in Bexley ensuring continued clinical service development.
• To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by current evidence-based practice.
• To contribute to the strategic Bexley Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service plan, working with the Service Manager/Operational Manager and coordinating with senior and team leads.
• To work effectively within a multidisciplinary team for assessment, care, and provision, planning and implementation.
• To work in partnership with parents /carers and education staff, to support them to develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence with regard to developing independence and management of the child’s/young person’s communication skills.
• To take a lead on the development of projects relating to services to mainstream school-age provision ensuring that these support national policies and priorities and the priorities of the organisation.
• To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT professional, national and local clinical guidelines.
• To provide second opinions/advice to non-specialists and other specialists/ professionals within clinical field.
• To provide highly specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of children and young people with communication difficulties.
• To demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and their application to professional practice.
• To demonstrate advanced skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload and workload management of self and others.
• To maintain knowledge of statutory requirements for the delivery of care, including but not restricted to Safeguarding; SEND and Education Health Care Plans; Consent and Capacity.

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.