Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist Chippenham

Meeveem Limited; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub

Access to wages as you earn

Job summary

HCRG Care Group in Chippenham area is seeking a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to provide therapy support to pre-school and school-aged children within the community.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, manage caseloads, complete assessments and produce reports and care plans, with a commitment to ongoing professional development and NHS values.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Registration with the appropriate professional body is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage caseloads of pre-school and school aged children in the community.
• Offer assessments and differential diagnosis of communication difficulties.
• Produce reports and care plans for parents, carers and professionals.
• Manage ongoing care per service clinical pathways.

Skills

Speech and Language Therapy

Caseload management

Report writing

Education

SLT qualification + registration

Job description

Package Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly team in Derby Court, Trowbridge, BA14 0XG.

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 provide speech and language therapy support to pre-school and school age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties and their families, within the Chippenham community.

Key Responsibilities

• To work independently, with responsibility and accountability to manage and prioritise caseloads of pre-school and school aged children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties in the community.
• To offer assessment and differential diagnosis of a child's communication difficulties through use of formal and informal assessment, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents and other professionals involved in their care.
• To produce reports reflecting clinical knowledge regarding clients needs and summarising proposed care plans/target sheets for parents, carers, setting staff, and other professional colleagues, based on evidence. This may include production of reports for education, health and care plans.
• To manage ongoing care as per service clinical care pathways.

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

Your base will be

• Greenways Business Park, Chippenham, SN15 1BN

Package Description

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day 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 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 the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

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 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.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we'll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Qualifications

Essential

• Candidates should possess a recognized qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and registration with the appropriate professional body is required.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

HCRG Care Group is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes 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.