(Graduating) Speech & Language Therapist

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Chichester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sussex is looking for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist. This role offers a supportive environment for new graduates or those seeking to enhance their skills. The position allows for flexible working and provides opportunities for professional development while working with children in community settings.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Assess children’s speech language and communication needs.
• Provide individual or group therapy.
• Write Reports and Intervention Plans.

Responsibilities

• Advise families on reducing communication impact.
• Train parents and staff on communication strategies.
• Maintain clinical and professional development.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Assessment

Therapeutic Skills

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy service has vacancy at Band 5 for a therapist seeking their first post, or an opportunity to extend their experience and skills further at this level. We can offer a full or part time position (a minimum of 22.5 hours per week) based from our team hubs in Chichester and covering the areas to the south and west of West Sussex.

Our current vacancy offers the opportunity to gain a broad range of experience in Early Years Community Clinics and Mainstream Schools.

This is an ideal post to help you transition from student to therapist and develop a wide range of therapeutic skills to carry forward into your career. During your preceptorship year, clinical time will be reduced to allow a regular session for B5 development activities. Well-structured supervision arrangements enable you to draw upon the wealth of experience within the wider team.

For more details of this post, please see the accompanying documentation:

• job description and person specification
• “Day in the life”
• Additional information
  
  

If you would like an informal chat with one of our clinical leads or the operational team lead, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our Speech and Language Therapy service is jointly funded by Health and Education and has a service specification that is broadly divided into Early Years and Schools. We use a universal, targeted and specialist approach focused on enabling the best possible communication between parents, carers and setting staff and the children and young people in their care.

You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team to:

Assess children’s speech language and communication needs (SLCN) and the functional impact of these

Advise families and settings on how they can help reduce this impact and facilitate communication skills

Provide individual or group therapy, demonstrating to parents/carers and setting staff how they can use strategies and techniques

Train parents/carers and setting staff so that they are empowered to identify and manage their child’s communication needs.

Write Reports and Intervention Plans, sharing information and setting targets with parents/carers and setting staff

Measure the success of your actions and report your outcomes

Maintain your clinical and professional development to be the best therapist you can be and progress in your career

Be part of clinical networks to ensure practice is evidence based and current.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
  
  

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Stainton-Ellis Job title: Operational Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01273 696011

Jo Sainsbury - [e-mail] (Early Years Clinical Lead)

Cindy Metcalfe- [e-mail] (Mainstream Clinical Lead)

Or call 01273 696011 ext 5108, and you will be put in contact with a member of the team who can respond to your query.

01273 696011 x5108