Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the NHS as a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist. This role involves delivering quality care to children with communication needs across various settings, while engaging in professional development and contributing to the team's quality improvement agenda.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma plus relevant skills, knowledge, training and experience.
• Understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards.
• Work towards developing specialist skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high level, quality care and evidence-based interventions.
• Manage a caseload, including self-directed planning and time management.
• Participate in service-specific training as required.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical skills

Education

Degree or Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit 1.0 WTE Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to our well established Speech and Language Therapy Team which provides a service across Hull and East Riding. This post is for anyone interested in developing their clinical skills working with children with a range of communication needs within mainstream settings, special schools, pre-school and clinics.

We offer an opportunity to:

• engage in an induction programme
• access support through the preceptorship academy and clinical supervision
• access internal training packages
• be proactive in the Organisation's quality improvement agenda
• be an advocate for Speech and Language Therapy through an established Allied Health Professionals Network

Post pandemic, we have developed a hybrid model with opportunities for working from home and in bases offering a work -life balance for staff well being.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver high level, quality care and evidence-based interventions in line with local and national guidance within identified clinical area
• To deliver SLT intervention in both autonomous and multidisciplinary working
• To plan, provide and evaluate interventions within an identified clinical area
• To participate in the delivery of service specific training as required
• To support identified support workers
• To undertake administrative duties as required
• To manage a caseload, including self-directed planning and time management within identified clinical area

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma plus relevant skills, knowledge, training and experience
• An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area
• Work towards developing specialist skills and knowledge

Experience

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) e.g. developing specialist interests
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Skills and Competencies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum - pro-rata