Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and language Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 395-EC231-24
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Corringham Integrated Care Centre
- Town
- Corringham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata (plus 5% HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/05/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Join us to develop and use your interest and skills in developmental language disorder and speech sound disorders and work in an enhanced provision language unit based in Corringham Primary school for 3 days a week, alongside our DLD specialist. You will work in the language unit and provide outreach to schools in Thurrock and support with second opinions for other staff.
You will also work in a local community clinic and be part of our community team contributing to Drop in advice sessions and our preschool and school aged caseloads.
We welcome you to our well established innovative service developing your skills with children with caseload management and therapy skills alongside our supportive specialist and community teams. You will work in the community team with sessions at the language unit with support from our specialists as needed.
Main duties of the job
This post will be based at Corringham Medical Centre. You will work in the Enhanced Provision in Corringham and across Thurrock as part of a team providing a service for children presenting with communication disorders
- As a successful candidate you will have a recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree and HCPC registration
- You will assess, diagnose and provide therapy interventions to children and families, working in an Enhanced Provision for developmental language disorders and specific speech disorders, clinics and schools and pre schools
- You will develop the skills of colleagues to support communication development through providing training.
- You will organise, plan and prioritise your own work load, and that of assistant staff and demonstrate the ability to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
- You will have excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills, to enable you to work to support the individual needs of the schools, staff and pupils.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Devise and deliver appropriate specialist intervention / care plans / enhanced models of SLT for children s with delays and disorders of communication, speech and language and provide suitable and timely support.
2. To independently manage and make differential diagnoses for a caseload of children with delays and disorders of communication, speech and language. This includes children with/without an Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care Plan
3. To provide specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents, carers, students and SLT team in all aspects of management of speech, language and communication delays and disorders in children
4. Work as part of the integrated therapies multi-disciplinary team ensuring the delivery of joined up care plans.
5. Contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
6. Provide oral and written feedback, advice and training to parents/family members, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication needs and strategies to facilitate development.
7. Develop and deliver training and support packages
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- HCPC Licence to Practice
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with clients who have a range of speech, language and communication needs in community and mainstream settings
- Experience of working in a multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience / knowledge of early intervention approaches and low tech AAC
- Experience providing training to education and health colleagues and parents and families
- Experience of organising and delivering speech and language in an Enhanced Provision for speech and language disorders
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to construct clear care plans for complex cases including assessment for differential diagnosis, providing therapy from a range of options based on analysis of information from assessment, theoretical knowledge and clinical benchmarking to make clinical decisions
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessments for the differential diagnosis of developmental language disorder and specific speech sound disorders
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication / interpersonal skills (written, verbal and listening)
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Able to formulate care plans identifying functional goals and outcomes in multidisciplinary discussion
- Able to demonstrate clear clinical reasoning based on evidence based practice
Other
Essential criteria
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Gray
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07956384474
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