Band 6 Speech & Therapist

Job summary

Job Title: Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist - 86309

Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Erlegh House, RG6 6BZ

Ward: Clinical Area Team

Pay Rates: £25.01 p/h

Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours Monday to Friday 08:30-16:30/09:00-17:00

Why might this job interest you?

The Berkshire Healthcare CYPIT service is an integrated childrens therapy service shaped around the needs of the child and family operating within the Children, Families and All Age Services Division (CFAA). We are structured within integrated teams consisting of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, as well as a strong integrated therapy assistant team based in locality areas within East Berkshire strategically focused on phases of life. We work closely together to ensure we have the greatest therapeutic impact, working both directly and indirectly with children, young people and families to enable them to achieve their goals.

Main duties of the job

Deliver a high standard of speech and language therapy care to children with developmental and complex needs. You will evidence a high level of problem solving, reasoning skills and independence of judgement, using evidence-based practice and person-centred principles.

Work as part of the Children and Young Peoples Integrated Therapy team under the direction of a Band 7 Operational Lead. You will function as an autonomous clinician with a role in supporting the delivery of the CYPIT service by contributing to defined project work.

Ensure that effective outcome measures and evidence-based feedback is provided as a way of evaluating therapeutic input.

Contribute to our integrated model of service delivery and continued development of integrated working using an impact based clinical decision-making approach.

Function as an autonomous clinician with a role in supporting the delivery of the CYPIT service by contributing to defined project work.

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