Job summary
Paediatric Highly Specialist Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist working with infants and young children with complex needs and dysphagia.-Full Time
Come and work at Greenmead Special School and with infants and young children in the community with swallowing and feeding concerns (neonates, pre-schoolers and primary school age).
Greenmead is an outstanding Special school for children with complex physical and learning difficulties aged 2-11. A multi-disciplinary team is fully integrated into the school with a strong collaborative in-class working model of provision.
The Community Paediatric Dysphagia Service (CPDS) supports Neonates, infants and children within the community with swallowing and feeding difficulties, both within clinic settings and through home visits across the Wandsworth borough.
Many of the pupils at Greenmead often have early contact with the feeding service and this post is designed to support families on this journey as they transition from community through to Special School. In addition, the CPDS element of the post will work closely with the acute paediatric dysphagia team based at St Georges hospital.
The post will allow successful applicants to further develop their clinical reasoning and treatment skills with this diverse population, with additional opportunity for service development as required.
Main duties of the job
3 days a week will be spent working with multi disciplinary team at Greenmead Special School with the other two weeks spent working in the community paediatric dysphagia service.
About us
The Community speech and language therapy team is part of a larger multi disciplinary paediatric therapy team. We have AHPs working in the acute services as well as the community. We pride ourselves on promoting diversity and inclusion and all work in line with the Trust values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Dysphagia trained
Desirable
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
- Post qualification experience working with paediatric client group
- Assessment treatment and management of children with eating and drinking difficulties
- Assessment, treatment and management of other complex children with speech, language and communication difficulties
- Training and experience in working with a diverse range of parents and carers
- Developing and delivering education and training packages.
- Experience of being involved in Clinical audit
Desirable
- Named training packages delivered
Other
Essential
- Membership of relevant SIG groups
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Developed Negotiation and Problem solving Skills
- Demonstrates excellent concentration, analytical and reflection skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent prioritisation skills
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities when required by Line Manager
- Well established knowledge of a broad range assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group) such as NICE, Cancer Plan, Disability Discrimination Act
- n depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Good knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Good written and spoken English
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Physically fit to meet requirements of post
- Team player
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Dysphagia trained
Desirable
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
- Post qualification experience working with paediatric client group
- Assessment treatment and management of children with eating and drinking difficulties
- Assessment, treatment and management of other complex children with speech, language and communication difficulties
- Training and experience in working with a diverse range of parents and carers
- Developing and delivering education and training packages.
- Experience of being involved in Clinical audit
Desirable
- Named training packages delivered
Other
Essential
- Membership of relevant SIG groups
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Developed Negotiation and Problem solving Skills
- Demonstrates excellent concentration, analytical and reflection skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent prioritisation skills
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities when required by Line Manager
- Well established knowledge of a broad range assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group) such as NICE, Cancer Plan, Disability Discrimination Act
- n depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Good knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Good written and spoken English
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Physically fit to meet requirements of post
- Team player
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
