Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Speech & Language Therapist - Early Years SLI & Speech Disorder

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Job summary

Do you want to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team?

We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon Early Years team supporting children and young people with speech and language disorder

Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our service.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Main duties of the job

Band 6 - Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist -30 hrs per week

- To provide support to children with delayed/disordered language skills
- To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and diagnosis of children within community clinics
- To provide specialist ongoing therapy through more intensive individual therapy sessions
- To provide advice and training to parents and other professionals around early identification intervention and prevention.
- To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
- To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
- To take part in, and where appropriate lead on, quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service
- To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
- To provide mentoring advice (buddying), support and shadowing to less experienced Speech and Language Therapists, Assistants and volunteers as requested by the team leader

About us

We can offer you:

Regular supervision meetings with a senior therapist every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal
Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
A busy but manageable caseload
Opportunities to develop your clinical skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, an allocated personal training budget, opportunities to invite a senior therapist for a joint consultation

Date posted

30 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,701 to £48,054 a year pro rata per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

333-G-HC-1244

Job locations

Hesa Primary Care Centre

52 Station Road

Hayes

UB3 4DS

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment for children with severe language impairment and speech disorders
To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes across the Early Years team.
To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Early Years children.
To facilitate relevant professionals/parents to carry out speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice
To monitor the effectiveness of speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice being delivered by other relevant professionals/parents and adjust as necessary
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate
To develop clear packages of care based on best practice and differential diagnosis and to use specialist clinical knowledge to inform case management.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment for children with severe language impairment and speech disorders
To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes across the Early Years team.
To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Early Years children.
To facilitate relevant professionals/parents to carry out speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice
To monitor the effectiveness of speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice being delivered by other relevant professionals/parents and adjust as necessary
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate
To develop clear packages of care based on best practice and differential diagnosis and to use specialist clinical knowledge to inform case management.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:1 or equivalent)
Further training courses relevant to the post
Health and Care Professions Council licence to practice.
Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

First class honours degree or equivalent
Extensive training relevant to the post
Attendance at London Speech Disorders clinical excellence Network
Speech sound disorder assessment and therapy planning course

Previous Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a mainstream/special school as a therapist
Experience of delivering training
Experience of supervising a student
Experience of providing informal support to less experienced colleagues
Experience of setting up groups for school staff to continue to run

Desirable

Experience of leading on a project to improve/develop the service
Experience of providing formal support to less experienced colleagues
Experience of developing and delivering training
Experience of supervising a student
Experience of using the DEAP diagnostically

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:1 or equivalent)
Further training courses relevant to the post
Health and Care Professions Council licence to practice.
Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

First class honours degree or equivalent
Extensive training relevant to the post
Attendance at London Speech Disorders clinical excellence Network
Speech sound disorder assessment and therapy planning course

Previous Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a mainstream/special school as a therapist
Experience of delivering training
Experience of supervising a student
Experience of providing informal support to less experienced colleagues
Experience of setting up groups for school staff to continue to run

Desirable

Experience of leading on a project to improve/develop the service
Experience of providing formal support to less experienced colleagues
Experience of developing and delivering training
Experience of supervising a student
Experience of using the DEAP diagnostically

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

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UK Registration

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hesa Primary Care Centre

52 Station Road

Hayes

UB3 4DS

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hesa Primary Care Centre

52 Station Road

Hayes

UB3 4DS

Employer's website

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