CLINICAL SKILLS

• To provide expert advice and highly specialist speech and language therapy assessment and intervention for adults with learning disabilities and their carers/families, including assessments to determine eligibility for services where required.
• The postholder has clinical and supervisory responsibility for all speech and language therapy staff.
• Highly specialist assessment and advice on nutritional safety / dysphagia and management of complex cases.
• To ensure that speech and language therapy input reflects current best practice and is evidence-based.
• To collate both quantitative and qualitative information regarding speech and language therapy referrals, interventions and outcomes and use this information to inform service development.
• To be actively involved in/ lead service development initiatives providing an expert speech and language therapy perspective.
• To promote integrated and collaborative working with Colleague Occupational Therapists and with external providers.
• Support productive working relationships through networking, mentoring, coaching and peer support
• Display personal drive and integrity to lead others to provide best practice-informed service delivery
• Provide specialist input to develop and support the selection orientation and induction of new staff
• Demonstrate appreciation of legislative/policy frameworks by consistently applying relevant standards
• Makes considered, ethical decisions with insight into broad context
• Ensure effective partnership working with operational colleagues that supports implementation and change within individual services and the wider group. Identifying any operational barriers and supportive solutions to overcome this.
• Provide routine monthly performance and risk reports and ad hoc reports as required
  Essential
  Desirable

Academic/Vocational Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in relevant Speech and Language Therapy
• Post registration qualification in Dysphagia
• Current registration of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Management qualification

Experience & Knowledge

• Have experience delivering SLT with adults with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours of concern
• 2 years’ experience of providing clinical supervision
• Experience in assessment and intervention in Dysphagia
• Have a clear understanding of relevant protection procedures and health and safety procedures including safeguarding and manual handling procedures.
• Have knowledge of legislation relevant to Speech and Language, and adult social care.

Qualities/Attributes

• Able to work within the context of a multidisciplinary team to support a variety of presentations
• Able to establish rapport with people we support and their support network, demonstrating compassion and empathy
• Strong organisational and management skills to support diverse caseload
• Communication skills of a high standard, including written communication and reporting
• Strong statistical and analytic ability
• Effective conflict management skills
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Able to work on own initiative
• Able to work under pressure, remaining calm
• Aware of own limitations
• Flexible and Adaptable
• Excellent IT skills and confident in using computer systems

Please refer the Job description for details