Job summary
The Hillingdon Speech and Language Therapy department is a friendly, enthusiastic team where we strive to provide services of high quality for the diverse population of the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The service over the years has built up excellent relationships with parents, service users and the local authority. The Hillingdon paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Service is commended for continually developing their service based on evidence, feedback and innovations.
We have an opportunity for a part time band 7 speech and language therapist to work in our Early Years Team alongside our SLT Assistants
We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and innovative therapists with a special interest and knowledge of working with children with a range of difficulties, to join the Early Years team. This post will require proficient skills in the assessment and management of pre school children, as well as working with other members of the team to support junior colleges and to continue to develop the service being offered. The appointed therapist will maintain up-to-date knowledge of national guidelines and policies related to service delivery.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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
- To provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service for children 0-19 with SLCN.
- To be part of the ADOS assessment team
- To provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service to children 0-19 who have swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties- if already trained.
- To support in the development of training packages to early years settings, staff / parents / other professionals, to support identifying concerns regarding the child /young persons needs and implement therapy advice effectively.
- To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members
- To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team
- To be responsible with team leader support for service improvement initiatives.
- To deputise for the team leader in the day to day management of the team as requested.
We can offer you:
- A supportive, friendly team of speech and language therapy colleagues
- An identified buddy
- Regular supervision meetings with a senior therapist every 6 weeks, along with an annual appraisal
- Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
- A busy but manageable caseload working with pre-school children
- Working with experienced assistants
- Opportunities to develop your clinical skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a SIG/CEN, opportunities to invite a senior therapist for a joint consultation
About us
Come and join us and be one of the friendly and supportive 1500 Therapists / AHP's in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. You could have a career for life with us and maintain your dual skills.
CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of our profession and therapies as a whole at all levels - both strategically and operationally.
Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession this enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our therapists reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and evidence-based practice is made possible by our strong links with local universities and our CNWL AHP Research Network.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention for children 0-19 with Speech Language and or communication needs.
- To provide a highly specialist service to children 0-19 who have swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.
To complete outcome focused assessments under the SEND Reforms including for EHCPs.
To actively support and lead service improvement work streams across the CITS service including multidisciplinary initiatives
To actively support partnership work stream development of a partnership pathway e.g. ASD
To work closely with the rest of the CITS services
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention for children 0-19 with Speech Language and or communication needs.
- To provide a highly specialist service to children 0-19 who have swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.
To complete outcome focused assessments under the SEND Reforms including for EHCPs.
To actively support and lead service improvement work streams across the CITS service including multidisciplinary initiatives
To actively support partnership work stream development of a partnership pathway e.g. ASD
To work closely with the rest of the CITS services
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:2 or equivalent)
- Health and Care Professions Council licence to practice
- Registered member of relevant organisation eg Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and other relevant bodies
- Further training courses relevant to the post
- Dysphagia knowledge and experience
- Attendance at special interest group/ clinical excellence group
Desirable
- First class honours degree or equivalent
- Successful completion of highly specialist advanced post graduate study at MSc or equivalent
- ADOS training and experience
- Completion of Dysphagia course/ competencies
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working within paediatrics
- Experience of coordinating a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to young people with a wide range of needs demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
- Experience of managing junior staff and students
- Experience in educating others: carers, students, junior staff, other professionals, teachers and general public
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Management experience, undertaking delegated departmental duties at Band 6 level or above.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary /multi-agency team. Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches
Desirable
- Leadership of and /or [participation in a special interest group across disciplines
- Experience of leading audits
- Participation in research/evaluation of practice Knowledge of basic qualitative & quantitative research approaches and of the key elements of writing a research protocol
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of knowlegde of conditions such as Autism/ cerebral palsy/ sever learning disability
- Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Ability to clearly communicate assessment findings giving verbal and written reports that deliver complex information to carers, young people and other health professionals
- Demonstrate knowledge of standards of practice and guidelines e.g. HCPC Professional Conduct Guidelines
- Implementation of national initiatives and legislation relating to Health and Social Care in relation to children with developmental concerns and disabilities
- Knowledge of the Children and Families Act 2014 with regard to Special Educational Needs and Disability and other relevant health and education policy
Attitudes and aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good presentation skills both written and verbal
- Excellent empathy skills
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills
Other
Essential
- Be proficient in data management and information governance and comfortable with learning new clinical record keeping systems
- Demonstrate ability to analyse performance data and high quality performance reports
- Be computer literate with working knowledge and ability to use appropriate computer software
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:2 or equivalent)
- Health and Care Professions Council licence to practice
- Registered member of relevant organisation eg Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and other relevant bodies
- Further training courses relevant to the post
- Dysphagia knowledge and experience
- Attendance at special interest group/ clinical excellence group
Desirable
- First class honours degree or equivalent
- Successful completion of highly specialist advanced post graduate study at MSc or equivalent
- ADOS training and experience
- Completion of Dysphagia course/ competencies
Previous experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working within paediatrics
- Experience of coordinating a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to young people with a wide range of needs demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
- Experience of managing junior staff and students
- Experience in educating others: carers, students, junior staff, other professionals, teachers and general public
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Management experience, undertaking delegated departmental duties at Band 6 level or above.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary /multi-agency team. Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches
Desirable
- Leadership of and /or [participation in a special interest group across disciplines
- Experience of leading audits
- Participation in research/evaluation of practice Knowledge of basic qualitative & quantitative research approaches and of the key elements of writing a research protocol
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of knowlegde of conditions such as Autism/ cerebral palsy/ sever learning disability
- Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Ability to clearly communicate assessment findings giving verbal and written reports that deliver complex information to carers, young people and other health professionals
- Demonstrate knowledge of standards of practice and guidelines e.g. HCPC Professional Conduct Guidelines
- Implementation of national initiatives and legislation relating to Health and Social Care in relation to children with developmental concerns and disabilities
- Knowledge of the Children and Families Act 2014 with regard to Special Educational Needs and Disability and other relevant health and education policy
Attitudes and aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Good presentation skills both written and verbal
- Excellent empathy skills
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills
Other
Essential
- Be proficient in data management and information governance and comfortable with learning new clinical record keeping systems
- Demonstrate ability to analyse performance data and high quality performance reports
- Be computer literate with working knowledge and ability to use appropriate computer software
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.
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.
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).
