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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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Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist (Band 5)
Closed for applications on: 5-Jul-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Jul-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Keighley Health Centre
- Town
- Keighley
- Postcode
- BD21 1SA
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
Specialty
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
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.
Job overview
We want to recruit a competent and confident Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist to work with us across various sites in our Community paedaitric SALT team . This friendly, welcoming and outcomes -focused team works from bases in Settle, Skipton, Ilkley, Keighley and Bingley, as part of our wider integrated Children's Therapies (SALT,OT and PT) service across the Airedale area
We would love to hear from you if you have completed your RCSLT competencies and have proven skills in working with and managing a paediatric speech and language therapy caseload, but will consider more recently qualified therapists. You will need to be able to demonstrate your experience and/or confidence in working with a range of health and other professionals., as well as with families.
We encourage exploration of more specialised areas to help you on your career path - these would be discussed with you as part of ongoing personal development reviews and supervision.
You will enjoy excellent support networks, peer review/supervision and a strong commitment to providing quality, outcomes based services; You'll benefit from our compassionate approach to personal and professional development , within our friendly and enthusiastic Children's Therapies service
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Job Summary
- To prioritise, plan and deliver clinical case work within Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy with support and supervision of a senior therapist.
- To apply evidence based, knowledge and skills to the Paediatric Speech and language Therapy service
- To work in partnership with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services.
- To work with team members to ensure the effective functioning of the team
- To participate in quality improvements to improve the Children’s Therapy service
- Contribute to student training and development
In pursuing these duties the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and the Trust’s Right Care strategy.
Working for our organisation
Children's Therapies is part of the Therapies Directorate , led by a Head of Therapies and a Chief Allied Health Professional . Our AHPs family is strong and progressive across acute and community services. We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. Airedale is a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also p the service to patients in their care homes. Blended approaches to patient care are encouraged across the organisation . Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Leeds Beckett and Bradford Universities , Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
- Clinical
- Provide timely and efficient speech and language therapy to patients according to clinical protocols and service priorities.
- Ensure patients receive a high standard of clinical care and that you meet the standards expected from Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council
- Use investigative and analytical skills to undertake a comprehensive speech and language therapy assessment of the patient.
- Reflect on complex facts gathered or situations presented and use analysis and judgment skills to consider options for interventions, and outcomes.
- Formulate individual management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skills appropriate to paediatric speech and Language Therapy
- Implement Speech and Language therapy interventions/care packages in partnership with the service user, with the carer as necessary and in consultation with colleagues.
- Plan and organise to carry out assessment and interventions in the most appropriate setting.
- Monitor and evaluate the outcome of interventions in partnership with the service user if possible, with the carer if necessary and in consultation with colleagues.
- Collaborate with the MDT to improve patient pathways.
- Respond to unforeseen situations that take precedence over planned work.
- Provide advice, teaching and instruction for relatives, carers, and other health professionals to promote understanding of the aims of paediatric Speech and language therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.
- Provide specialist advice to therapy and dietetic colleagues working within other clinical areas across the Trust.
- Support the development of assistants and students.
- Use highly developed communication skills to establish good working relationships with colleagues, service users and carers.
- Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills and sensitivity with patients, relatives and carers to overcome barriers to communication e.g. loss of hearing, altered perception, expressive and receptive difficulties, anxiety, problems with cognition.
- Deal effectively with complex, sensitive or contentious communications with support of a senior therapist
- Complete documentation appropriate to the role in accordance with professional and service protocols.
- Leadership and Management
2.1 Follow supervision guidelines and consult with senior therapists to ensure optimum outcome for patients with clear presentation of complex facts and analysis to enable effective decision making
- Contribute to the development of the paediatric Speech and Language Therapy and Children’s Therapy services
- Take responsibility for delegated tasks and service development activities.
- Communicate effectively within the immediate team, MDT and with other internal and external organisations e.g. Children’s therapy service/Paediatric services, local authority, education providers and voluntary sector
- Contribute to the planning and evaluation of clinical training to students ensuring all clinical protocols are accurately followed.
- Ensure equipment is stored in adherence with to relevant policies and that are up to date with competencies to use equipment within paediatric speech and language therapy.
- Adhere to health and safety policies and procedures
- Raise incidents and near misses using the incident reporting systems.
- Be aware of the need for judicious use of resources and maintaining stock control
- Be prepared to work flexibly in terms of time and workload to meet service needs.
- Personal and Professional Development
3.1 Adhere to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Proficiency and Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Speech and Language Therapy and maintain professional registration.
- Maintain own continuing professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of new trends and developments, use of reflective practice and incorporating learning into working practice.
- Attend and present in-service training sessions at designated times and at staff meetings as well as sharing existing knowledge and skills and feeding back from external courses.
- Be a role model for professional behaviours in all aspect of practice.
- Ensure compliance with supervision and appraisals standards and maintain a professional portfolio.
- Support team by participating in relevant internal and external research and quality improvement projects.
- Establish links with speech and language therapy colleagues through regional and national groups to promote sharing of good practice and evidence-based research.
- Service Improvement and Governance
- Evaluate individual and group interventions through the use of outcome measures and audit, and implement necessary service improvements.
- Where there is an identified need for a new or updated policy or procedure in own work area as a result of an evaluation contribute to its implementation.
- Undertake research and audit of Children’s therapy and speech and language therapy and present the results to the team and wider MDT.
- Keep abreast of new research and clinical developments
- Respond to requests for information and actions in a timely manner.
- Participate in the development of risk assessments strategies for speech and Language Therapy and Children’s Therapy
- Ensure maintenance of accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation in line with professional, legal and service requirements.
- Communicate clinical and personal information confidentially and in an appropriate format
- Follow Trust and departmental policies and guidelines
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
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.
In applying for a post that requires a DBS check you are confirming that you have read and understood the DBS Privacy Policy for Enhanced and Standard Checks (Click here for the privacy policy)
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 TherapyDegree or equivalent pre-registration award in Speech and Language Therapy
- State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post graduate courses
- completion of RCSLT competencies
- Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Paediatric speech and language therapy assessment skills
- able to make clinical decisions
- Evidences excellent communication skills
- Evidence of teamworking
- Evidence of self-organisation
- Evidence of written presentations skills
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in service development
- Evidence of self awareness of own development needs
Experience
Essential criteria
- experience working in a variety of paedaitric clinical settings
- experience of multidisciplinary team and collaborative working
- Experience in use of digital tools to support clinical work
Desirable criteria
- experience of working in a Band 5 role
- Experience of participation in audit and/or research
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of a range of paedaitric assessments
- Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working
- Basic Knowledge of SEND Code of Practice and professional responsibilities
- Knowledge of common interventions for SLCN
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of ways to support clinical education of future workforce
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
Documents
- JD and Person Spec (PDF, 357.0KB)
- Values & Behaviours (PDF, 681.3KB)
- Privacy Notice (PDF, 70.0KB)
- Links (PDF, 207.1KB)
- Guidelines for completing an Application Form (PDF, 70.3KB)
- Trust Inclusion Statement (PDF, 266.4KB)
- Information for Applicants (PDF, 285.5KB)
- Probation Policy (PDF, 323.9KB)
- Airedale Welcome Brochure (PDF, 3.5MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Rohatynskyj
- Job title
- Children's Therapies Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292821
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