Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist Band 7

Come and join the Early Years Team within Croydon

We have a part time vacancy for an Early Years Cluster Lead within Croydon. You will be a cluster lead, working within a supportive peer network of other Cluster leads. You will be responsible for managing the demand and capacity across a small team of therapists and assistants within a geographical area.

Main duties of the job

This role will provide you with regular opportunities for close liaison and joint working with members of the SLT team working in the same geographical area as you.

With the Croydon Children's Speech and Language Therapy team, you will have access to the following support with your role and development:

Regular 1:1 supervision with your line manager.

Access to experienced specialists within the team who provide second opinions, training and support.

An identified mentor / buddy who will be available to support you with any questions you may have and to help you settle in.

Termly Reflective Practice sessions with the wider Allied Health Professionals within the organisation. These sessions have a focus on self-reflection with regards to your role.

Termly Highly Specialist SLT forums, with a focus on professional development.

Termly team meetings with regular opportunity to discuss current matters with your colleagues that work within similar settings.

Termly whole department meetings with a regular focus on CPD.

Opportunities to access a range of quality internal and external training courses in order to support your CPD.

Opportunities to develop your leadership skills through leading working parties, informal support of team members and working alongside experienced colleagues.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.