Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Polegate; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in East Sussex is looking for a talented Speech and Language Therapist to join their team. You will work with children and young people, providing support in schools and clinics. The role involves leading a team, managing your own caseload, and requiring a commitment to flexible working. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in holistic care and AAC support.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional training opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist.
• Knowledge and experience with paediatric caseloads.
• Ability to work flexibly and travel within East Sussex.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people through direct work.
• Identify training gaps with local special schools.
• Lead the team and manage clinical caseload.

Skills

Experience with AAC

Clinical supervision

Direct work with children

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

We have a vacancy for a Band 7 talented Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly, dedicated community teams; helping to ensure that our children and young people in East Sussex get the start in life that they deserve. We have three clinical bases, but you will be expected to travel within East Sussex to meet the needs of the caseload.

You'll be joining a service which is directly integrated with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, working in clinics, schools, nurseries and family homes. We are devoted to supporting children through holistic care. The work is varied, interesting, and very fulfilling.

Induction and development

The induction we offer to all new colleagues includes regular meetings with your line manager, clinical supervision and appraisals, as well as internal and external training opportunities. We will encourage you to participate in service improvement groups and evidence-based practice, and we\'ll support you to develop your clinical skills to work with a varied paediatric caseload.

Flexible working and transport

We welcome flexible working arrangements and do our best to offer a range of hours to ensure your work-life balance is supported, whilst delivering the best care to our patients.

Car owner essential, subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995). This job will be based in our Integrated Care Team which supports children and young people with complex needs both preschool and in the local special schools across East Sussex.

Role and responsibilities

• You will offer support through direct work with children and young people as well as supporting schools through our targeted and universal offer.
• We have established relationships with the local special schools and work with them to identify training gaps and new ways of working within the schools.
• You will have knowledge of AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) and be willing to develop this further. There is also the opportunity to undertake dysphagia training.
• As the band 7 you will lead the team and support the other team members to understand and plan their workload, whilst holding a clinical caseload yourself.

About us

Rated \'outstanding\' by the CQC, we\'ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, Excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn\'t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission. The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

Flexible working and driving

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won\'t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We\'ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways. As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

Vaccination

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.