Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; Presencial; GBP 18.000 - 24.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

CPD opportunities

Clinical supervision

Descripción de la vacante

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Speech & Language Therapist (Band 5) to join the Community Paediatric SLT team serving mainstream schools in the Bury St Edmunds area. The role focuses on primary school children in their settings, with occasional work with pre-schoolers, and requires travel within the region.

We welcome early-career applicants or those with relevant experience in assessment/intervention of children and young people’s speech, language and communication

Formación

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist with registration.
• Experience in paediatric assessment and intervention preferred.
• Willingness to travel across the area for school-based work.

Responsabilidades

• Provide regular assessment sessions throughout the patient journey.
• Plan and deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people.
• Understand typical and atypical development of speech, language and communication.
• Select and interpret a range of formal and informal assessments.
• Work effectively with a variety of people across settings to achieve outcomes.
• Maintain clear health records in SystmOne and MS packages.
• Plan workload and balance competing demands.
• Support delivery of training to parents/carers and educational staff.

Conocimientos

Assessment skills

Group therapy

One-to-one therapy

Travel readiness

SystmOne

MS Office

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Herramientas

SystmOne

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

We have the opportunity to recruit a part time (3 days/22.5hpw), Band 5, Speech & Language Therapist to our Community Paediatric SLT mainstream schools team in the Bury St Edmunds area.

This role will focus on children and young people of primary school age in their settings but may involve work with pre-schoolers. Knowledge and skills working across both age ranges is an advantage. Being organised and positive are key attributes for the successful candidate.

As a team we are strongly committed to delivering effective, evidence-based therapy, and we offer regular clinical and management supervision with in-house CPD/training opportunities. We would welcome any applicants at the start of their career or those with current applicable experience especially regarding assessment and intervention of children and young people's speech, language and communication needs, experience working with therapy partners (parent/carers and educational staff), a passion / interest in delivering 1:1 and/or group therapy, and an interest in delivering training.

We cover a large geographical area so a willingness and ability to travel during the working day is essential. Interviews are planned for 18th December 2026., Work with children and young people with a broad range of speech, language, and communication needs.

• Work independently to provide regular assessment sessions throughout the key stages of the patient journey.
• Plan and deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people.
• Understand typical and atypical development of speech, language, and communication skills
• Select and successfully interpret a range of appropriate formal and informal assessments
• Be able to work effectively and flexibly with a variety of people, across settings to achieve best outcomes
• Have strong emerging or established personal communication skills to convey key information to service users, colleagues, and other professionals
• Be familiar and confident with health record keeping systems (SystmOne) and MS packages, keeping up to date records in a concise and timely manner
• Have good organisational skills to be able to plan workload and maintain balance.
• Be comfortable managing competing demands.
• Support delivery of training packages to parents/carers and educational staff (both face to face and virtually).

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

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