Job overview

We are looking for a band 7 speech and language therapist team lead passionate about community-based care for adults with swallowing and communication disorders. This is a 9-month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave, secondments would be considered. This post offers excellent opportunities for candidates to develop operational management skills such as quality improvement, people management, and governance. 

You will join a highly experienced and supportive team, well-regarded by service users and multi-disciplinary colleagues, and supported by a team of support workers and administrators. The team works flexibly to provide intervention across outpatient clinics, home, video, and telephone appointments. You will also have opportunities to work with colleagues in the acute trust and specialists from other disciplines, social care, and the voluntary sector. 

We are committed to personal, professional, and service development. We hold regular service improvement and governance meetings, with working parties involving all staff.  We have regular supervision and appraisals, encourage self-directed learning, CEN membership and learning from others, including colleagues in other professions. We have also secured training for the whole team from national experts in response to developing clinical need. 

Main duties of the job

         To deliver management within their defined area of responsibility ensuring that these services meet the requirements and targets agreed with the Trust, working in partnership with a range of key stakeholders.

·         To assume operational and clinical responsibility for allocated staff team and the management and provision of quality evidence-based intervention, advice, support and care for services users and their carers within the clinical area. 

·         To be instrumental in the on-going development of services and practices that provide high quality care and interventions.

·         To implement, monitor and evaluate Clinical Governance within service, specifically looking at best practice and national guidelines, auditing, service evaluation, policies and research.

·         To provide a leadership role that supports staff clinically, professionally and educationally.

To hold an agreed level of budget accountability

Working for our organisation

· We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.  We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health.  We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.  As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust.  This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases.  Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.  Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here.  A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.  As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon.  In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use out services.