Developing Speech and Language Therapist

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 43,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site staff nursery

Wellbeing services

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Paediatric Therapies Team in Richmond on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave.

The post offers opportunities for supervision, professional development and service-wide collaboration to support children with diverse speech, language and communication needs, in mainstream and specialist settings.

Qualifications

• Fixed-term part-time post to cover maternity leave.
• Experience with paediatric speech, language and communication needs in diverse settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver speech and language therapy assessments and interventions for children/youth.
• Collaborate with schools, families, and the Paediatric Therapies Team; participate in supervision and service development.

Skills

SLT experience

Paediatric

Teamwork

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Band 6 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist - Richmond

We are looking for a part-time Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our innovative and successful Paediatric Therapies Team in Richmond for a fixed term to cover maternity leave.

The Richmond-upon-Thames Local Area SEND inspection report (October 2023) commented positively on our team’s work:

\"Therapists provide timely assessments and innovative approaches to make sure that those caring for or working with children and young people with SEND receive the support and guidance they need.\"

Richmond is a great place to live and work and has been named as the \"happiest place to live\" in Great Britain (Rightmove’s \"Happy at Home\" Index, 2023).

About

We are a well-established, integrated and supportive team. All therapists have regular individual and peer group supervision, access to specialist outreach, and internal and external training. We welcome applications for full and part-time work, and there are plenty of opportunities to develop your clinical interests.

Here’s what some of our current therapists like about working in our team:

\"This team is by far the most supportive I have worked in\".

\"The management have been very proactive with helping me find and develop a specialism\".

\"It’s very easy to access supervision and outreach by specialists and everyone is actively keen to help\".

\"We have a big band 6 team so there’s a lot of peer support\".

This is a fixed-term part-time post to cover maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

• We welcome applicants with experience in working with children/young people with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs in early years, mainstream schools and special schools.
• Our therapists also develop their skills by taking on responsibilities outside of direct caseload work to support the service – such as training, resource development, service design, audit and outreach.

Development and staff wellbeing

• Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.
• From the moment you join us, We're committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment.
• Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.
• We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly 'shoutouts' and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.

Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vanessa Gordon Job title: SLT - Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 8614 5333

Vanessa works part time - Tues/Wed/Thurs - for urgent queries please contact 020 8614 5333 and ask for a Team Lead