Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Are you a qualified speech and language therapist seeking a new role? At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances. We are looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our diverse Childrens Speech and Language Therapy Team in the London borough of Redbridge. Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk. You will be working as part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team to provide a service for babies, children and young people presenting with complex communication needs and feeding difficulties within a range of settings such as patient homes, pre-school settings, community clinics and schools. As part of your role, you will provide assessments as well delivering intervention and training to upskill parents, carers and education staff. You will have lots of opportunities to develop your skills through training and cross-borough peer meetings. This post will ideally suit an established Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist looking for a new challenge or an experienced Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist ready to diversify their career.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our patients. As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Childrens Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings. The main responsibilities of the post: To lead on and contribute to the provision of SLT services for children (0-19 years) living in Redbridge with complex communication needs, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. To independently manage a clinical caseload of children with a range of complex communication needs and feeding. To provide an advanced standard of assessment, clinical diagnosis and treatment for babies, children and young people with complex communication needs and feeding difficulties. To make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases. To provide specialist advice and disseminate information accordingly to parents and other professionals as appropriate. To work in the context of a multi- disciplinary team in the Redbridge Child development Centre. To make differential diagnosis on the basis of assessment evidence providing advice when appropriate and input into EHCPs. To provide supervision, advice and second opinions to more junior colleagues.

About us

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

The Grove

Chadwell Heath

Essex

RM6 4XH

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

The Grove

Chadwell Heath

Essex

RM6 4XH

Employer's website

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

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