Bank Band 7 Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

• Work within a CFHD pathway of care providing support to speech and language therapists across the designated pathway/s of care (these can include but are not limited to; Speech, Language and Communication Pathway, Managing Neurodiversity Pathway, Community Childrens Nursing, Physical and Sensory Pathway and Vulnerable Childrens Pathway)
• Screen and triage referrals and ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support the complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community.
• Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers.
• Provide specialist SLT assessment, advice and interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs.
• Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care. This includes children with complex needs including speech, language, communication and/or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

Essential

• BSc or Diploma in Speech and Language
• State registration current HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant clinical area of expertise and/or postgraduate qualification

Essential

• In depth knowledge of current good practice and recent national research in relation to speech and language therapy
• In depth knowledge of child development
• Specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of therapeutic interventions for children and young people
• Specialist knowledge of a wide range of assessment tools relevant to a broad range of needs in paediatric population
• Specialist knowledge and understanding around SEND
• Evidence of advanced training in specialist clinical area
• Experience of working as part of a professional team and multidisciplinary team
• Skilled in risk management
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Experience of presenting complex information to staff and senior management
• Experience of implementing changes in service design and delivery both profession specific and in a multidisciplinary environment
• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession, and health and social care delivery
• Knowledge of NSFs, local government, and health policies and procedures, safeguarding adults
• Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Experience of managing patients with a range of complex conditions
• Experience in specialist assessment relevant to your specialist field
• Clear evidence of high level of professional skills within a specialist health or social care setting
• Experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults and/or children
• High level of knowledge of a broad range of relevant conditions and proven experience of delivering evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of the clinical guidelines, and experience of implementing these recommendations in practice

Desirable

• Complaints management and resolution
• Ability to write and present a business case
• Ability to analyse data
• Use of team-based working to promote change and development
• Evidence of audit and quality improvement training
• Experience of leading audit and involvement in research

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise service and own workload
• Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with patients and carers presenting with emotional, agitated or challenging behaviour
• To deal sensitively with patients and relatives who have high levels of distress, anxiety and challenging behaviour
• Ability to manage conflict
• To be able to demonstrate advanced speech and language therapy assessment and treatments skills
• To use excellent manual handing skills
• Ability to maintain intense concentration on and active engagement with, all aspects of children/young people and families management for prolonged periods, often in busy, noisy environments and with frequent interruptions
• Ability to deal with and process emotionally distressing information
• Ability to carry out assessments and treatments with children who may have severe physical, cognitive, behavioural and sensory impairment and poor mobility with frequent intense physical effort on a daily basis e.g. handling of heavy body parts
• The use of highly developed therapeutic handling skills, manual techniques and facilitation of movement
• Carrying equipment on a daily basis. This will involve lifting heavy and awkward shapes, including getting the equipment in/out of a car
• Ability to be mobile across Devon to complete community visits and attend meetings
• Work alone in environment assessing and managing risk
• Clinical workload involves community visits and lone working
• Ensuring the safety of less-experienced staff in these settings
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
• To deal sensitively with patients and relatives that have high levels of distress anxiety and aggression that may be caused by pain, behavioural, cognitive or physical impairment
• Imparting information concerning diagnosis and poor prognosis of physical recovery to patients and their relatives. This may involve informing patients that they may be unable to achieve their previous functional level, or challenging beliefs about perceived level of disability
• Requirement for prolonged periods of intense concentration (to analyse complex information e.g. during assessments of up to 90 minutes length - taking in depth patient history, movement analysis and teaching clinical skills)
• Deal with frequent interruptions through the day (at work or via mobile phone)