Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Bath seeks a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to work with children in schools. The role includes assessment, treatment planning, and collaboration with educators and healthcare teams. Applicants must hold a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with the HCPC. Benefits include a competitive salary, NHS Pension, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Access to discounts via My Reward Hub

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Innovation funding for ideas

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Qualifications

• Registered member of Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
• Confident using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and diagnosis of children's communication difficulties.
• Implementation of speech and language therapy treatment.
• Communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills

Skills in handling children with disabilities

Communication of complex condition information

Education

BSc Hons or recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

An exciting opportunity to begin or build your career as a Speech and Language Therapist in a supportive and dynamic team!

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of school-aged children? Do you want to work in a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary team where your professional development is a priority? We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our dedicated service providing speech and language therapy to school aged pupils in mainstream schools as part of the Speech and Language Inclusion Partnership (SLIP) and specialist provision.

This is a full-time fixed term position for 12 months.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Main duties of the job

• Assessment and differential diagnosis of a child’s communication difficulties through the use of standardised assessments, reflection of auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a child’s communication, informal observation, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents and school staff
• Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
• Skills in handling children with disabilities including making oral examinations; specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgement/decision making for case management
• Identification of appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness, and to develop and implement speech and language therapy treatment using information gained through assessment and to develop clear care plans based on evidence and the evaluation of outcomes
• To produce reports reflecting clinical knowledge regarding patients needs and summarising proposed care plans for parents, carers, school staff, educational psychologists and the local education department and medical staff including paediatricians; this may include production of reports for education, health and care plans
• To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with speech, language and communication difficulties
• To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in order to facilitate joint working

About us

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children’s community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

You will have a BSc Hons or recognised degree equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and be a registered member of Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel

As a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team based at St Martin's Hospital in Bath

You will feel valued as a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

Person Specification

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.