Speech and Language Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Ashington; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Community Paediatric Therapist, where your skills will help improve the lives of children and young people. This role offers the chance to work in diverse settings, from schools to homes, while being part of a supportive team dedicated to clinical excellence and innovation. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a robust health and well-being program, you'll thrive in an environment that values both staff and patient experiences. If you're passionate about making a difference in the community and enhancing the communication skills of young individuals, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Extensive staff health and well-being programme

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave

Access to lease car and home electronics scheme

Opportunities for professional development

On-site nursery places

Savings scheme via salary sacrifice

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent is essential.
• HCPC licence and RCSLT membership required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve speech and language skills in children.
• Collaborate with staff, parents, and agencies for effective care.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Clinical Team Contribution

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Health and Care Professions Council Licence

Registered Member of RCSLT

Job description

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you:

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Job overview

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare's dynamic and friendly team of Community Paediatric Therapists. We work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, early years settings and children and young people's homes and are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Therapist who can contribute a range of skills and experiences to our Speech and Language Therapy team.

Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively contribute to clinical teams to ensure well co-ordinated care plans and high standards of service delivery.

You will be familiar with both appropriate standardised and informal assessments and a range of intervention approaches to this client group.

Main duties of the job

To develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion within society.

We can offer:

• robust team-based approach to caseload management and the highest quality service provision
• a well-established network of support, clinical supervision and mentorship
• a personal approach to induction, preceptorship and continued professional development including to fully achieve NQP competencies
• collaborative working with a team of highly skilled, dedicated team of Assistant SLT's
• successful partnership working with colleagues in Health, Education and Children's Services

We have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within the Trust.

Working for our organisation

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• HCPC licence to practice
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field
• Experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners

Person specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council – Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.