Speech and Language Therapist Development Opportunity Band 5 to 6

Speech and Language Therapist Development Opportunity Band 5 to 6

Are you looking for a new opportunity to further build your clinical skills? Does a band 5 to 6 development post appeal to you? If so, you are in the right place. Keep reading! Join our friendly team in Bexley working with children and young people. We are a well-established team that can offer fantastic support and opportunities to develop your career. Would you want to join The Bexley Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Team, winners of the Children and Young People's Directorate Team of the Year award 2021? Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a vibrant and diverse organization; with new values: We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care. Located within reach of the Kent countryside and central London. The post attracts Outer London pay weighting.

The post will provide a clinical and advisory Speech & Language Therapy (SLT) service to children with speech, language and communication needs in the early years and school age years including children with social communication differences and/or ASD and associated language disorder.

We have secured funding to support the possibility of the successful candidate transitioning to a Band 6 specialist role within 18 months of joining the team, following an individualised development plan based on performance and clinical competencies. Both the band 5 and band 6 job descriptions are attached to the advert for this post.

Job summary

The Bexley Childrens Speech and Language Therapy service offers a range of services with specialist teams across EYs, ASD, Deafness, Stammering, Specialist Resourced Provisions and SEMH. We work closely across teams to provide clinical support and second opinions. We also have opportunities to develop training skills to enhance skills and knowledge for staff working with children with SLCN.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide an assessment and therapy service for children with speech and language needs, and children with complex communication needs referred to the SLT service.

2. To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic aspects of clients' communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.

3. To manage a complex communication caseload independently, accessing clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis and to make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice when appropriate.

4. To deliver care in line with the RCSLT/HCPC professional guidelines and standards.

5. To be responsible for the planning, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions. To monitor and review the progress of therapy programmes implemented and facilitate modifications of interventions / targets as appropriate.

6. To ensure maximum involvement of the client, family/carer, education staff and other professional staff where appropriate in planning care and the therapy programme.

7. To reflect on clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice.

8. To maintain professional competence through personal development and training. To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration and meet HCPC Registration requirements maintaining a professional portfolio.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• HCPC Registration
• Royal College of Speech & Language Therapy Registration

Qualifications

Essential

• Speech & Language Therapy Degree
• Completion of Newly Qualified Therapist Competencies

Experience

Essential

• Experience of completing assessment alongside children and young people with language disorder
• Experience of working alongside children/young people with autism

Training

Essential

• Evidence of successful completion of a range of short courses at post graduate level including courses related to AAC

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Speech and Language Therapy, Outpatients Department

Erith District Hospital, Park Crescent

Erith

DA8 3EE

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)