Bank level 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to assess and support children with communication differences across community settings. You will work in a multi-disciplinary team, teaching and guiding junior staff, students and assistants.

You will cover diverse locations across Birmingham, including schools, clinics, development centres and homes, with some virtual assessments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist SLT assessment/intervention to children/young people with diverse needs.
• Manage a varied caseload across community locations, schools, clinics, centres and homes.
• Assess/diagnose and develop personalised therapy programmes; monitor outcomes.

Skills

Clinical skills

Caseload management

Communication skills

Team working

Supervision

Job description

The successful candidates will be offering, evaluating and developing assessment and support of children with social communication differences in a multi-disciplinary team. You will offer support to more junior team members and students. You will be utilising your existing experience in a wide range of standardised assessments as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

• Deliver specialist speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people with a wide range of communication difficulties, including complex presentations.
• Manage a varied caseload across community locations, schools, clinics, child development centres and family homes.
• Assess, diagnose and develop personalised therapy programmes, monitoring outcomes and adapting interventions where required.
• Work collaboratively with families, education providers, health professionals and partner agencies to support the holistic needs of children and young people.
• Provide clinical support, supervision and guidance to junior colleagues, assistants, newly qualified practitioners and students on placement.
• Contribute to service evaluation, audit, pathway development and continuous improvement within the Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
• Deliver training and share specialist knowledge with colleagues and partner organisations.

You will have strong clinical and caseload management skills and a passion for working with children with SEND, with a specific interest in the assessment and diagnosis of Autism. You will have proven experience of successfully working with a range of clients, their families and others in order for the child to achieve meaningful outcomes. You will have excellent communication and team working skills. You will be willing to work in a full range of locations across the city of Birmingham, including child development centres, education settings and family homes, as well as undertaking some assessments virtually.

Be Part of Our Team... Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands. If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.