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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

About

We provide high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in peoples homes and in over 200 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services.

Contact

Address: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Priestley Wharf; 20 Holt Street; Birmingham; West Midlands; B7 4BN
Contact Number: 0121 466 6000

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Ref: 820-6677562-COR Vacancy ID: 6677562

Band 8b Trust Professional Lead for Speech & Language Therapy

Closed for applications on: 28-Oct-2024 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 28-Oct-2024 00:00

Location

Site: Trust Headquarters
Address: Priestley Wharf
Town: Birmingham
Postcode: B7 4BN
Major / Minor Region: Birmingham & The Black Country

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 4 months (Potential of extension pending AHP review)
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 PA
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: Trust Professional Lead

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description/Person Specification for more details regarding the post.

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 5) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link, will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 6 - 9) that meet the prescribed salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.

The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Using Artificial Intelligence

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
Discounts for local and national retailers
Dedicated well-being services for all employees
Flexible working where possible

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications / training

Essential criteria

Allied Health Professional (AHP) Degree or Equivalent.
Masters Degree in relevant clinical area or equivalent.
Health and Care Professional Council Registration.
Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialised area.
Proven Leadership skills.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of leading/ managing a team of professional staff.
Experience of working in partnership with other professions/services.
Experience of developing a professional team; inclusive of workforce planning, new ways of working/roles, service development and ensuring best practice inclusive of developing clinical audit and research.
Able to lead across a diverse group of services.
Managing or supervising others.
Leading on clinical audit or research projects in specialist area.

Desirable criteria

Experience in working with Divisional/Trust Leads to develop your profession.

Skills/ knowledge

Essential criteria

The ability to provide a leadership role for diverse teams across the Trust.
The National AHP Agenda and how this could be implemented to enhance patient care.
Highly developed knowledge of your profession and related professional issues eg. professional education, clinical supervision, new roles/ways of working, best practice.
Highly developed empathy, negotiation and influencing skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and overcomes barriers to communication.
Able to provide/receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; and have persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or re-assurance skills to use this effectively.
Able to present/provide complex, sensitive or contentious information to a large group of staff, where there maybe significant barriers to acceptance.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills involving highly complex facts or situations, including analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
Planning and organisation of a broad range of complex activities-which maybe ongoing, uncertain, require formulation/adjustment of plans. Inclusive of clinical or non-clinical services, departments, rotas, meetings, conferences and for strategic planning.
Ensure Professional resource is used to capacity; ensuring skills mix, professional competencies, productivity data and other tools are utilised fully and best practice in resource management is shared/ implemented.
Excellent management ability-inclusive of clinical supervision, teaching, training and development, work planning; checking and evaluating work; recruitment, discipline, appraisal and career development and the long-term development of human resources.
Ability to review complex situations/information and make informed decisions
Able to write reports that include highly complex or sensitive information.
IT literate and can use word packages.
Understands risk assessment and applies it to all areas of practice advising others as necessary

Desirable criteria

High level of ability in Research and Development-inclusive of leading research activities, developing staff skills and dissemination/implementation of findings.

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

Ability to fully engage a diverse group of staff.
Able to prioritise own workload and has insight into own coping strategies in stressful situations.
Is able to reflect on own Professional/clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes.
Can deal with conflict and use negotiation to manage any changes within a team.