Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health service provider in Shrewsbury is looking for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to enhance support for children with speech, language, and communication needs. The position offers opportunities for professional development and collaborative work within the community. Ideal candidates will have a recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy and experience working with children. This role may offer flexible work options.

Benefits

Continuing professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Holds recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent.
• Holds Health Professions Council licence to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment for service users.
• Work in community service within early years and/or specialist education settings.
• Develop own professional practice with evidence-based treatment.

Skills

Experience with speech, language communication difficulties

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Excellent analytical skills

Education

Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Health Professions Council licence

Job description

Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

Shropshire Community Health Trust's Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team provides community-based services for children in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, aged 0-18.

We are looking for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join our team for the next year to support a project funded by the Change Programme for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Shropshire Primary school hubs for children with additional needs. There will also be an opportunity to join one of the other clinical specialist SLT teams.

If you are interested in this new development which will provide evidence of the impact and effectiveness of working in new ways to support children with complex needs within mainstream settings, please make contact with the team to discuss your and our ideas further.

We offer good training opportunities with a strong emphasis on continuing professional development through appraisal and supervision. The successful applicant will be part of an enthusiastic and friendly team of children's therapists and assistants. The team is highly supportive with a commitment to improving quality and productivity and there are ongoing opportunities to contribute to service development.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

• To provide, as an autonomous practitioner, assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment for service users within a specialist area and to liaise with and refer on to other health, education and social care providers as appropriate.
• To work as a member of the community service within early years and/or specialist education settings, including contributing to their development.
• To provide multidisciplinary functions within the post holder's sphere of competence to service users across these and mainstream education settings.
• To develop the post holder's own professional practice by keeping up to date with clinical developments and responding to available evidence.
• To provide specialist advice, education and training in the specialist area.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

The Children's SLT team work closely within Children's Therapy Services with the Child Development Centres and Community Paediatrics, and also provide in-reaching services to the local acute wards.

There are strong relationships across the Children's and Families service delivery group with all teams.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Holds recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent.
• Holds Health Professions Council licence to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Evidence of completion of relevant short course and continuing professional development.

Experience

• Extensive experience at post-graduate level with a range of speech, language communication difficulties in children.
• Significant experience of working with children and young people with a range of complex speech, language, and special educational needs.
• Significant experience at post-graduate level of working in multidisciplinary teams to assess the needs of children and families.
• Experience at post-graduate level of using a range of assessments and assessment processes.
• Experience at post-graduate level of delivering and evaluating relevant training and coaching programmes.
• Experience of data gathering methodology and participation in clinical audit.

Knowledge and Skills

• National policies and procedures relevant to Children's Speech and Language Therapy and to Children and Young People's Education.
• Safeguarding procedures and their implementation in practice.
• Demonstrate an ongoing awareness of recent developments in practice and research including National guidance.
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service.
• Excellent analytical and reflective skills.
• Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of relevant speech, language, and communication assessments, interventions, and techniques how to evaluate their relevance and effectiveness.
• Nationally recognised training and coaching packages of care for parents and other professionals working with children with SLCN.
• Relevant speech, language, communication assessments, interventions, and techniques and how to evaluate their relevance and effectiveness.

Other

• Must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post

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.

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours, Annualised hours