Speech & Language Therapist - Cleft Lip & Palate and NICU

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Salisbury is seeking a part-time Speech & Language Therapist specializing in cleft lip and palate care. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide specialized assessments and treatments to infants and children with feeding and swallowing disorders. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience, with a strong emphasis on paediatric care. The role offers competitive salary and opportunities for professional development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

NHS discounts

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday

Generous pension scheme

On-site car parking

Leisure centre access

Day nursery available

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC.
• Eligible to work in the UK immediately.
• Member of RCSLT.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments, diagnosis, and treatment to children.
• Participate in out-patient and MDT clinics.
• Support community SaLTs across the south of the Spires region.

Skills

Cleft assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Feeding and swallowing assessment/treatment in infants

Experience of working in MDT and NHS settings

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Post grad training & qualifications in Cleft

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist - Cleft Lip & Palate and NICU

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a part-time basisas a highly specialist SaLT in one of the UK's designated Regional Cleft Centres, providing multidisciplinary care to children with cleft lip and palate / velopharyngeal dysfunction, from birth to adulthood. This post includes working with infants with feeding and swallowing disorders on NICU as part of the MDT management of these neonates. Support and development is available for both the Cleft and NICU speciality areas of this post.

The post holder will be based in the SaLT department at Salisbury District Hospital, with the other SaLT teams, and so will benefit from being part of a larger team for supervision and support, clinical governance, in-service training and professional development.

We are looking for someone with experience in this specialty and particularly welcome those with postgraduate training in cleft. However the responsibilities and salary of this post could be temporarily adapted to suit an experienced Band 6 candidate who wishes to develop skills toward Band 7 skills and responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

This post is part of the Spires Regional cleft lip and palate service and covers a wide geographical area in the south half of the cleft network region.

The post holder will have responsibility for providing specialist assessments, diagnosis and treatment to children and their parents/carers in out-patient and MDT clinics, including use of instrumental assessments in the palatal investigation clinics. The post holder will also provide input, liaison and support to community SaLTs and settings across the south of the Spires region.

The Spires Cleft Centre is a twin-site centre based at both Salisbury and Oxford. There are strong links between the two sites with regular SaLT and MDT team meetings and development activities. There is an emphasis on joint working, service development, audit and research. There are varied opportunities for involvement in national initiatives and multi-centre projects. The cleft team is well supported by SaLT colleagues and the regional Lead SaLT.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy
• Post grad training & qualifications in Cleft
• High standard of spoken & written English
• Registered with HCPC
• Eligible to work in UK immediately
• Member of RCSLT
• Involved in Cleft networks
• Involved in NICU networks

Experience

• Substantial clinical practice at specialist level in Cleft
• Experience of instrumental and computer based assessments and treatments in Cleft
• Experience of working in MDT and NHS settings
• Experience of paediatric feeding & swallowing difficulties

Knowledge & Skills

• Cleft assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• National guidelines
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Feeding and swallowing assessment/treatment in infants
• Several years working as an autonomous SaLT in paediatrics
• Knowledge of strategic direction of organisations

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata if part time