Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Key details

Location

Site: Werneth Primary Care Centre

Address: 71 Alfred Street

Town: Oldham

Postcode: OL9 7EG

Major / Minor Region: Manchester

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: Band 6

Specialty

Main area: Children's Speech and Language Therapy

Job overview

We have exciting new positions for two permanent Band 6 Children's Speech and Language Therapists to join our friendly, innovative Complex Needs team in Oldham. Working as part of an integrated team, you will expand your skillset, experience working with children with a range of complex needs across preschool settings and special schools and make a big difference to our children, young people and families. You will mostly work with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder but also with other complex presentations. You will have the opportunity to work with a multilingual population alongside interpreters and bilingual co-workers and work with families, schools, preschools and professionals providing high-quality care for children and families. We are looking for an excellent communicator who is motivated and enthusiastic with highly developed clinical skills and a passion for delivering high quality care at the heart of the community. We offer excellent training opportunities and robust supervision and support for staff to progress in their clinical specialism. We have a detailed induction programme and as part of the NCA Staff Wellbeing initiative.

You must hold a relevant undergraduate or masters degree in Speech & Language Therapy and be registered to practice with HCPC. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us, therefore are happy to consider part time hours or flexible working requests.

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You will:

• Enthusiastically provide a speech and language service to children across Oldham
• Assess, diagnose, develop, and implement speech and language therapy packages of care.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team to ensure a coordinated care plan, based on best practice/evidence.
• Organise and manage a caseload with support from your manager, with opportunities to shadow colleagues and attend specific pathway meetings.
• Work with children and young people with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs including ASC, SEMH and other complex presentations
• Demonstrate clinical effectiveness using evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
• Provide clinical advice to parents/carers, school staff and other professionals regarding the management and care of children with communication difficulties.
• Work alongside education, local authority and early years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Build skills in the wider workforce which will have positive intervention outcomes.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. Our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If this sounds right for you, we’d love to receive your application. If you’d like to arrange a visit or discuss the role please contact:

Anna Boratyn, Team Leader

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 07566 766 231

We can also host a Q&A session about the available post (held via MS Teams) - if you would be interested in attending a session, please email BOTH [email protected] and [email protected] to register your interest.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Clinical

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Qualified and registered speech and language therapist
• Implementation of evidence-based interventions
• Experience of assessment for a wide range of children's speech, language and communication needs
• Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses

Desirable criteria

• Experience of writing and delivering training packages
• Experience of supporting/leading other members of staff and students
• Relevant experience of managing caseload independently
• Demonstrates good skills in negotiation and managing conflict
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapist
• Relevant Band 6 experience

Communication

Essential criteria

• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of development and/or delivery of training packages
• Experience of working closely with families and education settings
• Production and sharing of personalised care plans
• Working with range of services in an MDT context
• Experience of working within a team

Desirable criteria

• Experience of conflict resolution
• Ability to work flexibly in different contexts, including IT systems.