Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London seeks a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join its Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team. The role involves delivering care in community settings and managing complex cases of feeding difficulties. Candidates should have relevant qualifications in Speech and Language Therapy and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team. The position offers a High-Cost Area Supplement on the salary, ensuring competitive compensation.

Benefits

High-Cost Area Supplement

Qualifications

• Experience in managing clinical caseloads of children with feeding difficulties.
• Ability to make specialist clinical decisions for complex cases.
• Strong communication skills to advise and work collaboratively with others.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist Speech and Language Therapy services to children in diverse settings.
• Independently manage a clinical caseload focusing on feeding difficulties.
• Provide advanced assessments and treatment plans for patients.

Skills

Clinical diagnosis

Specialist advice

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Assessment evidence

Education

Relevant qualifications in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our patients. As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings. The main responsibilities of the post:

• To lead on and contribute to the provision of SLT services for children (0-19 years) living in Redbridge with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
• To independently manage a clinical caseload of children with a range of feeding difficulties.
• To provide an advanced standard of assessment, clinical diagnosis and treatment for babies, children and young people with feeding difficulties.
• To make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
• To provide specialist advice and disseminate information accordingly to parents and other professionals as appropriate.
• To work in the context of a multi- disciplinary team in the Redbridge Child development Centre.
• To make differential diagnosis on the basis of assessment evidence providing advice when appropriate and input into EHCPs.
• To provide supervision, advice and second opinions to more junior colleagues.

We are looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our diverse Children\'s Speech and Language Therapy Team in the London borough of Redbridge. Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website - www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk.

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.