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 fixed term maternity cover post based in the Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team in the South Staffordshire area. The post holder will manage a community clinic caseload and provide second opinions for to colleagues across South Staffordshire. The successful applicant will carry out leadership duties within the team, attend tribunals if required, and support junior colleagues with second opinions, supervision and appraisals. They will also attend Early Years Forum meetings throughout the year.

The post holder will be required to work closely with fellow coordinators within the South team to support staff and manage caseloads effectively. The post holder will hold a caseload that predominantly covers clinics, nurseries and schools in Cannock, and will operate from the main base in Rugeley. 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 area of the team
• Assess, diagnose and manage children who present with speech, language and communication difficulties that impact on their ability to communicate effectively.
• To regularly supervise and mentor identified team members including newly qualified staff to ensure that care/intervention is delivered by staff who have the relevant, skills and competences
• leading on a range of service development projects
• supporting with service training and development of others
• Provide second opinions and support on a consultative basis to other Speech and Language Therapy colleagues in the identified clinical areas
• attending and contributing to local Senior SLT Development meetings, and monitoring and coordinating clinical caseloads across Cannock and Lichfield alongside the Team Leader, Office Manager and Business Support Officer.
• Provide written advice to contribute to the assessment and review process undertaken by the Local Authority for children who have or may have special educational needs (EHCP)

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn