Children's Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health trust in Shrewsbury is seeking a Children's Speech and Language Therapist to offer high-quality care and support to children and their families. The ideal candidate will hold a recognized degree in Speech and Language Therapy and possess relevant licenses and memberships. The role requires developing personalized treatment plans and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve outcomes for children. This position is vital in helping young patients make significant development progress. The salary ranges from £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Holds a recognized Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent.
• Holds a Health Professions Council license to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for service users.
• Contribute to the development of the community service.
• Develop professional practice by keeping abreast of clinical developments.
• Provide coaching and training to parents and other practitioners.

Skills

Knowledge of speech, language, communication assessments

Effective communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Education

Recognized Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Health Professions Council license

Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Tools

In Print 3

Job description

Children's Speech and Language Therapist

We are inviting applications from both current band 5 therapists, and those who are due to complete their Masters Degree early next year to join us in the Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team.

As a member of the team you will be committed to providing high quality care and support to children and young people, their families and other colleagues and to sharing your innovative ideas for service delivery.

It is important that you enjoy coming to work and feel satisfied with the difference you are making to children and young people's development and skills. Our key success factors have been determined by the staff, and key performance indicators and the model of service delivery by the staff, partners, and parents of children with SLCN and EDS working together.

The successful applicants will join an enthusiastic and friendly team with systems in place for NQP and Preceptorship support.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment

Main duties of the job

• To provide, with appropriate support, as an autonomous practitioner in Speech and Language Therapy, assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment for service users and to liaise with and refer on to other health, education and social care providers as appropriate.
• To work as a member of the community service, contribute to its development and provide multidisciplinary functions (within the post holders sphere of competence) to service users in any setting required by the service
• To develop the post holders' own professional practice by keeping abreast of clinical developments and responding to available evidence.
• To provide face to face / remote coaching, training, information and advice to parents and other practitioners.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

These posts in Children's SLT provide therapists with the opportunity to work directly with children, families and education setting partners in the community, mainstream schools, early years, and in special schools, delivering both assessments and a range of interventions.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Holds recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent.
• Holds Health Professions Council license to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

• Experience at under or post graduate level of using a range of tests and assessment techniques.
• Experience at under or post graduate level of using a range of intervention approaches across different settings.
• Experience of data gathering methodology and data analysis.
• Experience at an under or post graduate level in working with parents and other professionals

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrate knowledge of: relevant speech, language, communication assessments, interventions and techniques how to evaluate their relevance and effectiveness. o
• National policies and procedures relevant to Children's Speech and Language Therapy, and to Children and Young People's Education.
• Safeguarding Procedures and their implementation in practice
• An awareness of recent developments in practice and research including National guidance.
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for a wide audience of children and adults.
• Excellent organisation, negotiation and problem solving skills.
• Excellent analytical and reflective skills
• Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills.
• Show competency in the use of relevant IT tools including those appropriate for clinical use, for example In Print 3.
• An awareness of current platforms used to provide remote assessment, training and interventions

Other

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job.

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.

Team & Clinical Lead Community Children's SLT

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPer Annum / Pro Rata