Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist for full-time positions. The role involves working in schools and community settings, delivering vital speech and language therapy services. Candidates will collaborate with various professionals to enhance communication skills and support children's development. Opportunities for professional growth and a supportive team environment are offered.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and support

Training and shadowing opportunities

Mobile and flexible home-working

Access to health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in providing assessment and diagnostic services.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver services to children and families as part of the SLT service.
• Develop and evaluate specialist programmes of care.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Supervision

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

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We currently have full-time permanent posts available for Band 6 speech and language therapists, in our Schools and Early Years & Community teams.

In Schools, we have a wide variety of settings available across primary, secondary, special school and further education. Work will be focused on working collaboratively with education staff, supporting the development of functional communication, successful transition within and between settings, promoting the importance of self-esteem, independence skills, choice and decision. We work in settings in Lambeth, Southwark, and in the surrounding area that commission our school service.

The Early Years & Community team is focused on input to community clinics, children's centres, and nurseries. You will work as part of a cluster of therapists across a geographical area delivering universal, targeted and specialist work. We also have new funding to deliver a commissioned nursery service.

As a specialist therapist, you will be expected to be involved in service development work with support from senior therapists and departmental Clinical Leads.

We provide separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities. Experienced specialist therapists may be involved in clinical supervision to junior colleagues (with support from Leadership) and offer second opinions to colleagues as needed.

To work within the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team to provide an assessment and diagnostic service, and to develop, implement and evaluate specialist programmes of care, advice, support and training across Early Years & Community and Mainstream/Special Schools/FE and youth offending settings – dependent on job role and area of specialist development.

To work independently, as part of a team, and across teams, in partnership with parents, education, social care, voluntary and other health professionals to provide integrated care for clients, their families, carers and educators.

To deliver services to children and families, as part of the SLT service and initiatives of service development, meeting identified outcomes.

To meet outcomes through: direct intervention including universal, targeted and specialist work, training, health promotion, early identification, and advice.

Our Community Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy team are a department that promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in our workforce and practice and value difference and welcome everyone.

We are a team of innovative, enthusiastic clinicians, delivering a range of Speech and Language Therapy services in partnership with parents, Health, Education, Social Services, Local Authority, Youth Offending Services and the voluntary sector working across Lambeth & Southwark.

We Can Offer You

• Varied and interesting work with a diverse population
• A professionally led, data and evidence based service
• Excellent supervision and support, alongside a commitment to learning and development
• Separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities
• A range of training and shadowing opportunities
• Extensive range of hardcopy and online resources; including team-working applications, therapy applications, and online assessments
• Mobile and flexible home-working supported by 4G enabled laptop/device and smartphone
• Yearly opportunity to be considered for sessions swaps to different clinical areas
• Support from a friendly and sociable team – including a team choir, book club, craft and other activities
• Access to a full range of health and wellbeing activities within the Trust, e.g. sports and social club, swimming pool, Cycle to Work scheme, psychological support
• EDI initiatives
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marie- Therese Worthington Job title: Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07598550696

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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