Bank Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hampstead; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 43 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working

Résumé du poste

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to work with children and young people in community and education settings, providing assessment, diagnosis and intervention for speech, language, communication and swallowing needs.

You will be HCPC registered and hold a recognised SLT degree, with experience in education or community settings and a commitment to high-quality governance and reporting.

Qualifications

• Recognised SLT degree or equivalent
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
• HCPC licence to practise
• Relevant experience with children and young people in community/education settings
• Knowledge of assessment tools and established therapies for children
• Understanding of clinical governance and record-keeping standards

Responsabilités

• Manage a caseload of children and young people with speech, language and swallowing difficulties with support from senior colleagues
• Provide SLT assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• Deliver intervention and evaluate outcomes
• Advise families, early years and school staff on individual needs
• Set up and monitor programmes carried out by other key workers
• Write reports reflecting specialist knowledge

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Auditory discrimination

Analytical thinking

Written and verbal communication

Counselling skills

Teamwork

Observation and listening

Formation

Speech and language therapy degree

HCPC registration

Description du poste

This bank post sits within Children and Family Health Devon, an integrated alliance service that Devon Partnership NHS Trust recruits into. The work centres on assessing, diagnosing and treating children and young people with developmental or acquired speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties, and advising families and school staff. The role is based in community and education settings, joining up health, education, social care and voluntary sector support around each child and family. Applicants need a recognised speech and language therapy degree and HCPC registration to practise.

What the job involves

• Manage a caseload of children and young people with developmental or acquired speech, language, communication and/or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, with support from senior colleagues
• Provide speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• Deliver appropriate intervention and evaluate outcomes
• Advise relatives, early years and school staff and other professionals on individual patients' needs
• Set up and monitor programmes carried out by other key workers
• Write reports reflecting specialist knowledge

What’s required

Qualifications

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, with membership of relevant special interest groups

Registration & licences

• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) licence to practise

Experience

• Relevant experience working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs in community and education settings
• Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools and well-established therapeutic interventions for children
• Understanding of clinical governance and audit principles, and of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of record-keeping standards

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening, empathy and negotiation
• Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills, including phonetic transcription and good auditory discrimination
• Analytical, reflective and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collate and analyse information from varied sources
• Good written and verbal presentation, organisation, prioritisation and sustained concentration
• Counselling skills and sensitivity for families under stress, including imparting distressing information, and managing challenging child behaviour
• Teamwork and resilience in emotionally hostile environments, handling conflict and adapting to unpredictable patterns and interruptions

Other

• Sitting or standing for long periods, and frequent sitting in constrained positions
• Safe moving and handling, compliance with restraint policies, and regard for personal safety and that of others
• Skills in handling patients with disabilities

What’s offered

• Part-time and flexible working considered and supported, where possible