Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Speech and Language Therapist

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Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare's dynamic and friendly team of Paediatric Therapists. We work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, early years' settings and children and young people's homes and are looking for a enthusiastic and innovative Therapist who can contribute a range of skills and experiences to our Speech and Language Therapy team. Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively contribute to clinical teams to ensure well co-ordinated care plans and high standards of service delivery. The successful candidate will be familiar with both appropriate standardised and informal assessments and a range of intervention approaches for this client group.

Main duties of the job

To develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion within society.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted

14 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5552620SC-A

Job locations

Northumberland Child Health Centre

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
  • Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice.
  • Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
  • Car driver.

Desirable Criteria

  • Previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field.
  • Experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners.

The post holder will be required to work at sites across the Trust. The 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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
  • Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice.
  • Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
  • Car driver.

Desirable Criteria

  • Previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field.
  • Experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners.

The post holder will be required to work at sites across the Trust. The 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).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
  • Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
  • Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
  • Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
  • Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumberland Child Health Centre

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumberland Child Health Centre

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead SLT

Carrie Hughes

carrie.hughes@nhct.nhs.uk

01912979031

Details

Date posted

14 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5552620SC-A

Job locations

Northumberland Child Health Centre

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ


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