Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Job summary

The Barking and Dagenham Speech and Language Therapy team in North East London Foundation Trust (NEFLT) recently had a Business Case approved. This is a really exciting opportunity for us to continue to grow and develop as a team and provide an innovative and effective service to the children/young people and families that we work with. We have filled most of these posts and are now looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to help lead our Complex Needs and Dysphagia Pathway. The role will entail a Complex needs and Dysphagia split depending on service demands. You will join a supportive team environment and be provided with robust personal development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Co-Lead on the provision of Complex Needs and Dysphagia services for community paediatrics in Barking and Dagenham. The role is a Dysphagia and Complex needs split depending on service demand and need. Work closely with clients, carers, families and professionals to raise awareness, knowledge and skills related to the range of strategies that improve feeding outcomes across settings Be able to further develop your interests and skills in an area/ areas of interest and expertise Contribute to both speech and language therapy and multi-disciplinary team working to ensure co-ordinated service provision Lead a small team of therapists and assistants working in your Pathway. To provide supervision of colleagues and peer support Deliver comprehensive formal and informal assessment and make differential diagnosis on the basis of assessment findings Develop evidence based intervention programmes, adapt and facilitate therapy according to client centred needs Provide highly specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents/carers, education staff, multidisciplinary team members and other colleagues. Be involved in the Service Development of the SALT team

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

Axe Street Child & Family Centre

Barking

Essex

IG11 7LZ

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

Axe Street Child & Family Centre

Barking

Essex

IG11 7LZ

Employer's website

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

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