Speech & Language Therapist

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist to join the Paediatric Service in Hereford. You will manage a sizeable community clinic caseload and have opportunities to develop specialist skills in Autism/Complex Needs with supervisor support.

Newly qualified candidates are welcome, with ongoing supervision available. The role requires travel across Hereford and surrounding county; a car driver is essential.

Qualifications

• High standard of general education leading to professional training
• Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
• Professional license to practise

Responsibilities

• Manage own clinical caseload in community clinics, nurseries and primary schools with support as needed.
• Travel across Herefordshire; car driver is essential.
• Develop specialist clinical skills in Autism/Complex Needs with team support.

Skills

Excellent communication

Adapt communication

Theory to practice

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Professional license to practise

Job description

Job summary

A vacancy has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated & organised Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist in our Paediatric Service.

You will be managing a relatively large community clinic caseload and will also have the opportunity to develop more specialist clinical skills in the field of Autism/Complex Needs.

This post would be suitable for a newly qualified candidate as full support and supervision can be available. However, this post would also suit a therapist with a few years experience as continued development opportunities in more specialist clinical areas are available.

Regardless of your level of experience, support and supervision from peers and mentors will be available.

Informal discussions prior to application are welcome via the SALT admin base at Belmont 01432 363975 or email: Lucy Sweeting - Clinical Manager & Professional Lead SALT - CYP [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will be managing (with support as needed) your own clinical caseload in community clinics, mainstream nurseries & primary schools. There will be a requirement to travel across and the city of Hereford and around the County as required and therefore a car driver is essential to this post.

This post will also allow the development of a more specialist clinical skill set . This will be fully supported by the team but experience working with pre-school/school age children with a diagnosis of Autism would be an advantage.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• High level of general education, leading to entry to professional training
• Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
• Professional license to practise

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication and an ability to adapt communication to a wide range of clients and situations
• Ability to communicate complex and delicate information in a timely and sensitive way where there are frequent barriers to understanding and/or acceptance
• Ability to relate theory to practice

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of managing own large and complex caseload
• Experience in working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Use of alternative and augmentative communication

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).