Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to deliver paediatric assessment and intervention for children with speech, language and communication needs within a supportive team.

You will manage your own caseload, support early years and school-aged children, and contribute to service development. Training and collaborative work with schools/settings are part of the role, with supervision from senior clinicians.

Qualifications

• Paediatric speech and language therapy assessment and intervention experience.
• Autonomous practitioner able to manage own caseload with supervision given.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality paediatric SLT assessments and support for diverse communication needs.
• Work within a small, supportive Children’s Therapy Team and collaborate with settings and schools.
• Contribute to service development activities and quality improvement projects.
• Deliver training and advice to settings and carers, and provide reports for statutory processes.

Skills

Paediatric SLT

Autonomous caseload

Job description

• This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wishes to build skills and confidence working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs in a small and supportive team. As a Band 5 clinician, you will work as part of a supportive Children’s Therapy Team, delivering assessment and intervention under the guidance of senior colleagues. You will contribute to care planning, service delivery and collaborative working across community caseloads for early years and school aged children.
• Your job will be to provide Speech and Language support and input to children with a diverse range of communication difficulties. You will work closely with the established team including settings and schools.
• Provide high quality Paediatric Speech and language Therapy assessment and support for a wide range of communication needs.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner to manage your own caseload within a defined area of the service with support and supervision from senior clinicians.
• Contribute to service development activities as delegated, supporting quality improvement projects.
• Deliver training and advice to settings, practitioners / carers.
• Provide clear written and verbal reports, contributing to statutory processes with guidance from senior staff.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Liz Parsons Job title: Speech and language Therapy Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01724 203755