Band 8a Speech and Language Clinical Lead inGateshead inGateshead PUBLISHED
MON 2 DEC 2024
In addition to leadership, the successful candidate will provide specialized clinical care across various settings and ensure that clinical pathways are safe, effective, and evidence-based, adapting to the evolving needs of service users. The role requires travel throughout Gateshead to meet the demands of the position, and the candidate is expected to embody the Trust’s core values of Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement (ICORE) to inspire and guide their team effectively.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join the Adult Speech and Language Service in Gateshead. We are looking for someone with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills who will work within Gateshead, providing clinical leadership to the Adult SLT team, which includes qualified, non-qualified and administration staff. The role involves accountability and responsibility for the delivery of all aspects of clinical care within the service. The service provides care throughout the community, and also to inpatients within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Alongside the leadership role, the successful applicant will also provide clinical care to patients in a variety of settings.
As this is a community post, successful applicants must have the means and ability to travel across the whole of Gateshead independently in order to fulfil the needs of this role.
- To line manage the Adult SLT staff and SLT administrative team including: Recruitment, Appraisal, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Electronic Staff Record (ESR), Health Roster, Absence management, Authorisation of leave, Travel expenses and Staff performance.
- To support theClinical Operations Manager (Children's Community Services & Adult Community Wrap Around Services) in continuous service improvements and the delivery of transformational projects within areas of accountability.
- To share highly specialist clinical experience across all areas of the Adult SLT service, leading clinically across specialist and complex areas.
- To provide strong clinical leadership ensuring that all clinical pathways within the Adult SLT service are safe, effective, evidence based and responsive to the changing needs of service users.
- Embody the Trust values of Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement (ICORE) and lead by action to inspire others within the team.
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