We are excited to be advertising for a Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Manager
, based within the South Devon and Torbay locality.
This role is for 1.2 WTE so we can consider full-time hours orpart-time. You will be joining the team at an exciting time of change, and youwill be supported throughout by a strong team who is passionate about delivering high quality and innovative care.
In the role you will provide the day-to-day operational management of the provision of care and treatment within the Speech, Language and Communication pathway, which consists of speech and language therapists andspeech and language therapy assistants.
This post holder will manage effective operational delivery of the service in close collaboration with Speech and Language Clinical Specialists, senior clinicians and other service leads.
You will have supervisory skills and may complete clinical work across health and social care in different environments such as home,schools and clinics.
Main duties of the job- Provide effective collaborative leadership and day to day operational management of the clinical team.
- Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of evidence based clinical care.
- Ensure the service is delivered in partnership with other clinical pathways within the locality, health specialties and partner organisations.
- Ensure the service is delivered in partnership with children, young people and their parents/ carers, ensuring their active participation is facilitated.
- In partnership with the Operations Manager, ensure that clinical and non-clinical risks within the pathway are identified and managed effectively.
- To maintain systems to monitor demand and maintain optimal clinical capacity within the team.
- Work collaboratively with other leaders (professional, clinical and operational), to maintain excellent clinical standards and safety.
- Ensure clinical provision in the pathway is delivered to meet key performance targets.
- Provide supervision, operational management and support to clinicians , to understand and follow HR policies and procedures, ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a collaborative approach to engage staff.
- Attend, participate and chair relevant meetings, adapting communication to meet the needs of others.
- To deputise for the Operations Manager as required.
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children andyoung people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth,Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake postgraduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
We would like thepeople who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding,patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience tolisten carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
Jobresponsibilities Person Specification Experience
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
- Experience of delivering a clinical practice within the area of specialty for children with complex health conditions - undertaking specialist assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people with complex health problems; including risk assessments.
- Experience of supervising others and developing positive supervisory relationships with healthcare professionals.
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience of delivering healthcare within an…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).