Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

NHS Jobs; Catford; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The post acts as the clinic link for a clinic-based caseload, ensuring efficient administration and leading team work within this setting. It involves providing speech and language therapy assessment and intervention within a multidisciplinary team around the child, coordinating with parents, carers and school staff to support learning and development.

You will monitor progress, ensure evidence-based practice with attention to cultural and linguistic differences, and oversee the therapist

Job description

To act as the Clinic link for a clinic-based caseload, ensuring efficient administration of thecaseload and leading team work within this setting To contribute to improved patient/client experience To manage a complex caseload independently, being accountable for own professionalactions. To provide effective speech and language therapy assessment and intervention within ateam around the child and multi-disciplinary ethos and framework. To plan, set up and monitor specialist treatment programmes where required, to becarried out by parents, carers, teaching and support staff within the appropriate settings. To monitor and review the progress of children on the caseload ensuring there isevidence of sound clinical practice, with due regard for cultural and linguistic differences. To hold an overview of the therapists caseload, to monitor demand and capacity, identifyareas of risk, emerging needs, staffing levels and areas for service development,advising line manager accordingly. To ensure strong development of self and contribution to development of others.

£58,133 - £65,261 Per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS (inner London)