Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Paediatrics

Imperial College Healthcare NHS; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Cycle to Work

Staff recognition scheme

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is inviting applications for a part-time Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join the Children's Therapy team. The post focuses on infants to young people with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders and includes involvement in VFSS within the West London service across WLCH sites, including St Mary's Hospital.

You will deliver advanced assessments, develop individualised management plans, supervise junior staff, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric Speech and Language Therapy with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders.
• Experience in acute or community settings.
• Ability to support service development and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced assessment of paediatric patients with complex needs.
• Develop and deliver individualised management plans.
• Diagnose and treat caseload with complex presentations.
• Supervise junior staff and support clinical leads.
• Work across WLCH sites, predominantly St Mary's Hospital, with VFSS involvement.

Skills

Advanced paediatric SLT

Feeding & swallowing

Assessment skills

VFSS involvement

Education

SLT degree

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Children's Therapy team. We are seeking an experienced therapist with advanced skills in assessing and supporting infants, children and young people with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders in acute or community settings. This role offers the opportunity to further develop specialist skills across the general paediatric ward, PICU and paediatric specialist services. The post holder will also develop skills in delivering videofluoroscopic swallow studies within the West London Children's Healthcare VFSS service for North West London. You will undertake advanced assessment and deliver individualised management plans for children with diverse and complex needs, working closely with families, carers and the multidisciplinary team. Alongside other Band 7 Speech and Language Therapists, you will support the Clinical Lead with service planning, coordination, development and evaluation. Multidisciplinary teaching for staff, parents and carers is an important part of the role. You will be well supported by the Clinical Lead Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, with a strong commitment to supervision, CPD, audit, service evaluation and improvement. This is a fixed term contract post for 12 months against maternity leave.

• The post holder will be responsible for performing advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex medical, physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised management/treatment programme, relevant to specialism.
• Following assessment, the post holder will be responsible for making therapeutic and/or clinical diagnoses and treating their own caseload of specialised and complex patients/clients and maintaining associated records.
• The post holder may lead a team and be responsible for providing an advanced standard of care to patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which covers a multi-cultural and diverse population.
• The post holder will supervise the work of other more junior staff. The post holder will be based primarily at St Mary's Hospital but will be expected to work across all sites of WLCH.
• The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in contributing to the planning, coordination, development and evaluation of the service. Together with other senior staff, you will act as a resource of specialist advice to the rest of the therapy service and other professions. At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Environmental sustainability Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environmentwww.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.