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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

About

Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist care for a population of over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire - stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching areas of North Bradford and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and Pendle in the East of Lancashire.

They employ 2,900 staff and have 400 committed volunteers
In a year they treat 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients
Our Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 51,000 patients every year
Around 2,600 babies are born each year at the hospital

They provide services from their main hospital site and at other locations across the community, in sites owned by their Primary Care Trusts. The PCTs commission health services from them for the patients within their GP practices and the three main PCT’s referring patients to us are – NHS Bradford and Airedale, NHS North Yorkshire and York and NHS East Lancashire.

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Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Airedale General Hospital; Skipton Road; Steeton; Keighley; West Yorkshire; BD20 6TD
Contact Number: 01535 652511

Find out more

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Ref: 423-6169867 Vacancy ID: 6169867

Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team Leader - Community ( Band 7)

Closed for applications on: 29-Apr-2024 00:06

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 29-Apr-2024 00:06

Location

Site: Airedale General Hospital
Address: Skipton Road
Town: Steeton
Postcode: BD20 6TD
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata per annum.
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main area: Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team Leader

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead the coordination and provision of a high quality, evidence based Community SALT service in the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven localities. To work effectively as part of an established team to provide highly specialist assessment, therapy, advice and support to adults with a range of swallowing and communication disorders in a variety of community settings.

Be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating clinical case work for complex acquired communication and swallowing disorders across the locality.
To take a lead on effective management of patient pathways for community Speech and Language Therapy
To provide line management for a team of Speech and Language Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Practitioners
The post-holder will promote the safety, maintenance and optimum role of physical resources at all times within the designated area.
To work collaboratively with the Inpatient SALT team in order to develop the adult Speech and Language Therapy service.
To work as part of the MDT ensuring that decisions regarding assessment and management of communication and / or eating and drinking are communicated in a timely manner.
To work autonomously according to standards of professional practice as set out by the Health and Care Professions Council and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
To provide evidence-based, highly specialist Speech and Language knowledge and skills in the community setting
Provide a key role in partnership working with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services.
To take responsibility for effective functioning of the Community Speech and Language Therapy team.
To take a lead with quality improvements in acute Speech and Language Therapy including implementation of national guidance from RCSLT.
Provide advice, training and supervision of Speech and Language Therapists, assistants and students within and external to the Trust.
Provide support to operational and service managers deputising for them as required

In pursuing these duties, the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and the Trust’s Right Care strategy.

We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.

NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.

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You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year.

We encourage applicants to receive the Covid-19 vaccination but this will not be a condition of deployment with the organisation. We will be asking applicants to share their vaccination status as part of our normal pre employment screening but this will not affect their employment status with the Trust.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Speech and Language Therapy with a certificate to practice recognised by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
State registration with the Health Care Professions Council
Post graduate Dysphagia qualification
Recent post graduate courses relevant to acute inpatient Speech and Language Therapy
Completion of course in Professional Practice education

Desirable criteria

MSc or PhD in a relevant subject
Post-graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice
Certificate in Managing Health Services or equivalent
Successful completion of a Professionally validated specialist course
Involvement in relevant Professional Clinical Excellence Network

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant post graduate experience including recent experience in the NHS
Highly specialist knowledge and experience in the diagnosis, treatment and general management of a wide range of swallowing and communication difficulties associated with acquired neurological disorders.
High level of knowledge and experience delivering a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions and evidence-based practice.
Recent experience of team leadership and management.
Experience of multidisciplinary team working
Experience of multidisciplinary guideline development, implementation and audit
Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
Experience of supervising other staff members and conducting annual reviews

Desirable criteria

Recent experience of leadership /management role
Experience of taking part in or leading on Projects/ service improvements
Experience of taking part in or leading an audit or research project
Experience in dealing with Human Resource issues such as recruitment and retention, performance management, sickness and annual leave

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Highly specialist level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in the community setting
Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key stakeholders in inpatients
Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team
Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and research
Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice