Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Clinical Team Lead SLT to join our inpatient speech & language therapy service across Pennine Lancashire for a temporary 3 month secondment.
The service is well equipped and supported by a team of administrators and Assistant Practitioners. You will work as part of an established and experienced SLT team and wider MDT providing responsive and high quality inpatient dysphagia and communication services across a variety of aetiologies.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required together with good organisational and time management skills. You will be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, under pressure and be self directed, recognising your own limits.
You will be a qualified and HCPC registered SLT with sound knowledge and experience of specialist assessment and treatment procedures for this client group. This post will suit a SLT ready to undertake clinical leadership in a highly specialist role or someone who already has this level of competency and is looking to extend their experience.
Main duties of the job
Embedded in the acute therapies team, you will act as the Clinical Lead SLT with specific responsibility for the inpatient pathway. Providing a high level of clinical expertise, highly specialist assessment skills and interactions within the inpatient acute setting.
Providing operational and line management to a designated team in the delivery of a highly effective, safe and personal service, delivered around the needs of individual patients/carers as described by agreed goals/outcome measures and within the SLT inpatient clinical pathway.
The role will include teaching and the provision of highly specialist support in the management of complex conditions, educating other healthcare professionals and wider stakeholders. Offering training and support to less experienced SLTs and other staff.
We are actively involved in research developments and as the clinical lead you will be required to participate in service improvement projects.
Continual improvement is embedded in our daily work and service improvement initiatives. Our commitment to continuing professional is underpinned by monthly team meetings, supervision, regular line management and an annual appraisal system.
You will be an active member of the SLT leadership structure, this postholder will contribute toward the strategic operational and clinical development of the service.
Working for our organisation
Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
You will join our experienced and supportive team of senior SLT’s working within specialty groups in both the acute and community settings that include Neurology, Head and Neck Cancer, Voice, FEES, SLT led VFL, Stroke and Community (progressive and long term disease/care home) and are overseen by a professional lead for SLT.
We host an annual SLT Showcase of best practice and SLT, Stroke and Neuro Improvement Showcase.
We are actively involved in a range of service and workforce initiatives across the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS and research including collaborations with the Lancashire South Cumbria ICB and within ELHT including an AHP professorial post in Neurorehabilitation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Attached you will find the job description and person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Profession specific Degree/ Diploma or equivalent qualification
* Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
* Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical service area
* Evidence of management and/or leadership development/ training
Desirable criteria
* Involvement in Special Clinical Interest Group
* Evidence of working at MSc Level
Experience
Essential criteria
* Significant post graduate experience, including experience in a relevant specialist role
* Demonstrate clinical expertise in the management of highly complex patients within clinical area
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and wider system partners
* Experience of leading service change and quality improvement projects for safe, personal, and effective care
* Experience of undergraduate student and/or support staff supervision
* Contribution to clinical education of junior staff, students and assistants
* Clinical supervision, including formal appraisal and objective setting
* Experience of clinical guidance, pathway and protocol development and implementation
* Involvement in audit, research and evidenced based practice with demonstrable impact on quality improvement
Desirable criteria
* Committee membership e.g., Safety Committee
* Experience of formal presentations including presenting to MDT, leadership, and clinical teams
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* In depth knowledge of local and national NHS/Social Care agenda and its relevance to service area
* In depth knowledge of national policy, clinical practice standards and guidelines relevant to service area
* Able to manage high levels of risk in relationship to patient care
* Advanced workload management skills including prioritisation and delegation
* Advanced knowledge of a variety of assessment and clinical interventions skills relevant to service area
* Highly developed supervision and appraisal skills
* Advanced written and verbal skills to optimise patient management
* Able to demonstrate skills in advanced clinical reasoning skills
* Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
* Excellent analytical skills and the ability to process relevant clinical and performance data and systems
* Highly developed ability to reflect and critically appraise own professional competency level and seek help from others appropriately
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365
Pesonal
Essential criteria
* Highly developed ability to work effectively alone as well as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Able to work in a pressurised, unpredictable environment, with a proven ability to multi-task and support others
* Listen to views and opinions of others, demonstrate compassion, kindness and self-awareness
* Compassionate leadership
* Able to deal with challenging behaviour of patients, carers and/or families
* Value difference, diversity and inclusion and ensure fairness for all
* Commitment to continuous professional development
Other
Essential criteria
* Access to private vehicle to be able to travel across ELHT sites, including to patient's usual place of residence, where required
* Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner as required in accordance with the agreed job plan