Team Lead - Speech and Language Therapist

Under the leadership of the relevant Therapy Clinical Lead and clinical pathway leads / clinical experts, the postholder will also take operational named responsibility for delivery of a defined whole service wide model for a clinical function, care group delivery approach, or process across the Hampshire and Isle of Wight footprint. Examples include (but are not limited to) the following:

Oversight of service wide triage

Delivery of episodes of care model in schools

Equity of delivery of pathways of care in special schools

The postholder will work with the therapy managers and other team leads to support the implementation of the service model across HIOW to ensure high standards, equity and efficiency, and to reduce unwarranted variance across the service. The defined function will be agreed and reviewed annually via appraisal and may be subject to change according to service need.

As an experienced therapist, the post holder will be a source of highly specialist knowledge and will provide clinical services and support to other clinicians commensurate with an enhanced level of practice. They will provide specialist clinical advice, and second opinions where needed, in collaboration with other colleagues, such as clinical pathway leads or clinical experts where appropriate.

The team lead will operate at / develop into an advanced level of clinical practice within the leadership pillar and demonstrate with a high level of experience, knowledge and skill across all other pillars.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council; - Registered with professional body relevant to role.RCSLT

Experience