Team Lead - Speech and Language TherapistNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist Team Lead.

Under the leadership of a Children's Therapy Manager, the postholder will operationally manage the clinical delivery of the therapy service for a defined profession and within a defined locality. You will support the therapy manager with operational and quality management of integrated models of care within the locality, including team support, supervision and performance management, recruitment, appraisals, communications and management of quality and governance. You will deputise for the therapy manager when required.

HIOWH Integrated Children's Therapy service is for children aged 0-19 who experience challenges with physical disability, daily functional activities, eating and drinking skills and speech, language and communication needs. This is a community service that is delivered in children's homes, pre-school settings, Children's Centres, mainstream schools, special schools, and community clinics. Services are also offered virtually via telephone, videoconferencing and through internet-based resources. Physiotherapists, podiatrists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists work together with children and their families as part of multi-agency teams with health care professionals across acute and community services as well as colleagues in education, social care, equipment providers and wider stakeholders to enable children achieve their therapy goals.

Main duties of the job

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.

Job description

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.

About us

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