Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (Advanced Practitioner)

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to coordinate the community clinic caseloads across the South of the county. The post is a permanent post based in the South Staffordshire area. The post holder will manage a community clinic caseload, and provide second opinions to colleagues. The successful applicant will carry out leadership duties within the team, attend tribunals if required, and complete second opinions, supervision and appraisals. They will  attend Early Years Forum meetings.

The post holder will be required to work closely with fellow coordinators within the South team in order to support staff and manage caseloads effectively. The post holder will hold a caseload that predominantly covers clinics, nurseries and schools in Cannock and Lichfield, and will operate from the main base in Cannock. There may be some travel required to attend team meetings and supervision in other settings across the geographical area.

This post would be suitable for a current band 7 therapist, or an experienced band 6 therapist who is looking for the opportunity to develop leadership experience and to further develop clinical skills working with children and young people with severe communication disorders within community clinic and mainstream settings.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to attached documents for full details of responsibilities and job description.

Main duties:

• to undertake assessment and plan intervention for children within community clinic settings with a range of communication difficulties
• to support junior colleagues through supervision, joint sessions, and second opinions
• to contribute to team development by leading projects, conducting appraisals, and training external providers and partners.
• to provide clinical caseload summaries to the Team Leader when required for a designated area

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to attached documents for full details of responsibilities and job description.

Key duties:

• leading on coordination of clinical caseloads for West patch of the team
• providing supervision support for colleagues
• leading on a range of service development projects
• supporting with service training and development of others
• managing a clinical caseload within community clinic

The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service is able to offer:

• regular managerial and clinical supervision sessions;
• regular team meetings, both locally and with colleagues in the North of the county;
• professional development via our appraisal system;
• in-service training and excellent library facilities;