Band 7 SLT Team Leader

at  Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Come and join our Children’s SLT team in Birmingham: a vibrant multicultural city!
Do you enjoy supporting your colleagues and helping them develop their clinical skills?
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and forward-thinking community team, working as an integral part of our management team managing a team of 10 to 20 SLTs in the South locality of Birmingham. You will also be working in mainstream schools .
This is an opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills contributing to developing a Balanced System in Birmingham in order to improve and advocate for services to children with SLCN
You will be responsible for the day-to-day management and support of a team of SLT staff comprising of bands 4 to 7
You will develop strong and effective working relationships with colleagues using highly developed interpersonal skills
You will apply BCHC Trust policies regarding staff management with fairness and compassion.

Supporting the Professional Leads and Service Clinical Manager in the development and implementation of an appropriate training programme for members of the team across the locality, using information from appraisals and personal development plans
Managing staff performance/disciplinary matters within the designated team, with support from the Service operational manager
Taking a role in the local implementation and monitoring of clinical supervision/ practice support systems in line with relevant policies and procedures.
Assisting the Service Clinical Manager and Professional Leads in the recruitment, selection, and induction of staff, as required.
Participating in the development of clinical protocols for use within the Service