Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist Development Post

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Leicester is seeking a Cleft Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to enhance high-quality services for children with speech difficulties. Candidates must have experience in speech sound disorders and confidence in diagnostics. This role offers Band 6 to Band 7 progression, and a commitment to professional development with ample training and support.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessment and therapy of speech sound disorders.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to develop expertise in cleft lip and palate.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist assessment and intervention for children with cleft lip and palate.
• Supervise and train staff while linking with partner agencies.
• Participate in service development and quality assurance.

Skills

Assessment and therapy of speech sound disorders

Team working

Energy for service delivery

Confidence in diagnostic speech processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist Development Post

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Families, Young People, Children's and Learning Disability and Autism (FYPCLDA) Directorate for a Cleft Specialist Speech and Language Therapist working as part of the multi-disciplinary team across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, for 1 day per week.

We are looking for a highly motivated, compassionate and skilled speech and language therapist, who brings excellent team working and energy for delivery of high-quality services to children and young people with complex speech sound difficulties and cleft lip and palate.

The successful candidate will have significant experience in assessment and therapy of speech sound disorders, and confidence in diagnostic speech processes. They must also be keen to further develop their expertise in cleft lip and palate.

This post can be offered as Band 6 to Band 7 progression post. Starting as a Band 6 the progression period would be up to 18 months, leading to transition to Band 7 (subject to attaining the required levels of competency which is detailed in thorough competency documentation).

Training, support, and supervision would be provided from external training opportunities, regional networks, the SLT service for paediatrics across UHL and LPT, with opportunities for mentorship and support, and from the wider MDT.

The post holder will provide highly specialist, evidence-based clinical practice in their role.

Main duties of the job

• To provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention approaches for children and young people with identified needs in cleft lip and palate or velopharyngeal dysfunction.
• Developing and maintaining highly specialist professional practice knowledge and skills, providing supervision and training to staff and linking with partner agencies.
• Participate as an active member of the speech and language therapy service leadership team, being responsible for service development, quality assurance and areas for improvement.
• Working closely with the Trent regional lead speech and language therapist and others in the network.
• Interpreting and implementing national and regional policies relating to the management of cleft lip and palate across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
• Working with multidisciplinary colleagues at University Hospitals of Leicester.

Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car / suitable alternative. Working days will be a Tuesday or Wednesday. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.