Specialist Paediatric Speech And Language Therapist

St George'S University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Epsom; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The St George's Children's Therapies team provides services across acute, community and school settings. We seek a Speech and Language Therapist to support paediatric assessment and intervention, working closely with families, schools, and the wider MDT to enhance outcomes.

Essential experience includes post-qualification work with autism and DLD, SEND in education, and delivering assessments and intervention plans. HCPC registration is required.

Qualifikationen

• Post-qualification specialist experience in autism and DLD.
• Experience working with children with SEND in educational or multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience completing assessments and developing intervention plans.

Aufgaben

• Undertake specialist paediatric assessments on own caseload and formulate treatment plans.
• Work with parents, carers and school staff to support the child.
• Collaborate with mainstream schools and MDT colleagues.
• Supervise and support undergraduate students and teaching staff.
• Support the implementation of evidence-based projects and participate in audits.

Kenntnisse

Autism

DLD

SEND experience

Assessment knowledge

Intervention planning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Ausbildung

Speech and Language Therapy degree

HCPC registration

Jobbeschreibung

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen across our Community Clinics and Mainstream Schools Speech and Language Therapy Teams. The teams are part of the wider Children's Therapies team, a supportive and dynamic team with many professional development opportunities. We are a friendly, supportive team who pride ourselves on our commitment to creating an equal and inclusive working environment for people of all backgrounds providing an evidence based service for all our children and their families.

• Knowledge and/or experience of working with, a diverse paediatric caseload
• Experience working with parents of young children
• Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery
• Experience in delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to mainstream schools
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team
• Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary
• Enthusiasm, imagination, and initiative
• Understanding of the neurodiversity framework

The role will encompass supervision and support of junior speech and language therapists as well as speech and language therapy assistants. The post holder will also support the development and evaluation of service delivery.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake specialist paediatric assessment of children on own caseload, who may have complex presentations and from this assessment to formulate a treatment plan and carry out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
• To work closely with parents/carers and school staff to support the child.
• To work closely with children's mainstream school and local inclusion teams and other relevant members of the MDT.
• To supervise and support undergraduate students, and be involved in teaching staff as well as those from other agencies.
• To support the implementation of evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change in practice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate.

About us

The St George's Children's Therapies team provide services across acute, community and school sites.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for details of main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant specialist experience post qualification e.g. autism, DLD population
• Experience of working with children with SEND in an educational or multidisciplinary setting (e.g. clinic, mainstream schools))
• Experience completing assessments and developing intervention plans

Desirable

• Student supervision / clinical education
• Experience supervising junior staff e.g. therapy assistants, NQT
• Teaching experience of in-service programs

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language therapy
• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
• A working knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of a wide range of appropriate Augmentative and Alternative Communication aids for this client group
• Understanding the roles of other professional relevant to the client group
• Effective communication, monitoring, analysis and adaptation of interactions and responses within the assessment and therapeutic process

Personal qualities

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills, and ability to consider cultural diversity
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Very good prioritisation skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to communicate complex information to others where there may be barriers to understand

Desirable

• Leadership qualities

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).