Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Herefordshire is looking for a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist. This permanent role requires experience in assessment and support for children with Autism. You will act as a lead clinician and engage in a multidisciplinary approach to enhance communication support. Innovative thinkers are encouraged to apply. The position offers a great work-life balance in a beautiful rural setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Multi Disciplinary Team for pre-school Autism assessment.
• Proven leadership and management experience.
• Experience managing large and complex caseloads independently.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead clinician for pre-school autism diagnostic assessment.
• Support CYP with alternative communication needs.
• Contribute to departmental policy development.

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication

Ability to develop and implement training

Knowledge of digital tools for therapy

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Registered with RCSLT & HCPC

Post graduate specialist training in Autism

Job description

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SALT) looking for your next challenge? Do you fancy working in the beautiful, rural County of Herefordshire?

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly specialist, B7 passionate SALT to join the team in the beautiful Wye Valley. This is a permanent 4 day (0.8wte) role based in Hereford.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working within a Multi Disciplinary Team to provide assessments and support the diagnostic pathway for pre-school children who may have Autism.

The post will also include working with young people with a range of complex communication needs, a large majority having a diagnosis of Autism, up to the age of 19. The WVT Speech and Language Team are striving to make innovative and sustainable solutions in supporting the children and families of Herefordshire. We are interested to hear from therapists with ideas and pro‑active approaches to tackling large and complex caseloads.

Applications are welcomed from individuals with established skills in these areas and from those with transferable skills who are enthusiastic about further development.

We look forward to welcoming you to our relatively small but highly committed team.

Informal discussions prior to application are welcome- via the SaLT admin base at Belmont 01432 363975 or email:

Lucy Sweeting (Clinical Manager and Head of Profession for CYP - SALT). [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

• Act as lead clinician and professional resource in relation to pre-school autism diagnostic assessment within the department.
• Providing support for CYP who require alternative and augmentative forms of communication - communication books and devices in the specialist provision school base.
• Supporting the team around the CYP - working with parents and carers and the MDT within schools/health - joint appointments with community nurses, physio and OT
• Working in line with the 5 year Autism Strategy 2021‑26 - improving access to post‑diagnostic support.
• Working to Balanced system transformation plan - supporting universal, targeted and specialist offer in specialist provision base - including training offer.
• To support and mentor less experienced therapists and to line manage and supervise the work of Child Development Centre based B4 SALTAs.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of policies within the department according to best practice and own area of work which may impact on other departments.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work‑life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Registered with RCSLT & HCPC
• Post graduate or equivalent specialist training in Autism

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to develop and implement training to professionals and parents/carers
• Knowledge and understanding of use of digital tools to support therapy

Experience

• Proven leadership/management experience
• Experience of managing large and complex caseload independently

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.