Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Dysfluency)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative therapist to join the School Years service as a team Lead delivering services to children and young people within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. You will be part of a large and supportive team comprising of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, therapy assistants and a well resourced admin team.

You would be part of the School Years Leadership team and be responsible for the provision of dysfluency services. You will be well supported by the Service Leads and Principal Therapists.

The service has excellent internal supervision and support structures and provides a friendly environment to develop clinical skills, with opportunities to contribute towards service development projects.

Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request.

Main duties of the job

As the post holder you will:

independently manage a caseload whilst utilising knowledge and skills of colleagues
have opportunity to refine both Specialist assessment and management of children and young people with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
work as part of an integrated team with internal and external colleagues
support parent/carers and children/young people in all issues related to clinical care
be a source of clinical expertise, providing advice and second opinions within the team
supervise colleagues and provide appraisals
be a member of the service leadership team and lead on service improvements including QI projects
provide team leadership and strategic direction for therapist's working in mainstream schools

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

277-5965762-CYP

Job locations

Sites within the Royal Borough of Greenwich

Greenwich

SE18 3RG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details of the role and responsibilities.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a large and culturally diverse London borough with over 90 different languages spoken. Greenwich has good transport links both within the borough and into the city centre.

Oxleas is an multiple award winning trust and as a highly valued employee you will have the opportunity to access a range of networks and resources including;

Black and Minority Ethnic network
Disability Action Group
LGBTQ+ network
Lived Experience Network
Womens network
Mental Health network

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details of the role and responsibilities.

Oxleas is an multiple award winning trust and as a highly valued employee you will have the opportunity to access a range of networks and resources including;

Black and Minority Ethnic network
Disability Action Group
LGBTQ+ network
Lived Experience Network
Womens network
Mental Health network

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

Registered with the RCSLT
Registered with the HCPC

Desirable

Management training

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

Registered with the RCSLT
Registered with the HCPC

Desirable

Management training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).