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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming, and we listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including: Great flexible working opportunities Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme Generous annual leave and pension scheme Extensive staff health and well-being programmes Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Network for Deaf People. If you have a passion for working in the field of Deafness, then we have the vacancy for you. We are looking to appoint a Highly Specialist SLT and we welcome applications from candidates with the pre-requisite skills at a highly specialist level as well as from those who aspire to develop their knowledge and skills in this specialist clinical area. As part of the Cheshire and Merseyside SLT Network for Deaf People, you would work in Alder Hey Foundation Trust based in the community in Liverpool. You will work with children, young people, adults, and their families in various settings across the city. You would also be part of the wider Network, working with a team of Highly Specialist SLTs who are dynamic and passionate about the support they provide. You will work alongside our local community SLT team to provide specialist assessment and intervention, with the opportunity to train and support local professionals. Main duties of the job
You will be part of the Network team based in Liverpool, providing highly specialist support for children and young people who are Deaf, and their families, across a range of settings. You will manage a complex and highly specialist caseload, using evidence-based practice/client-based principles to assess, plan, formulate, implement, and evaluate interventions. You will work collaboratively with SLTs; Teachers of the Deaf; and other education professionals, providing assessment and intervention to meet the needs of the specialist caseload. You will also utilise your specialist skills in Deafness to support differential diagnosis and support of co-occurring conditions, such as Autism, Developmental Language and Speech Disorders. You will work with colleagues in the community team to support and develop their knowledge in Deafness, providing training and second opinions as needed. You will contribute to service development and quality improvement projects to shape the delivery of specialist speech and language therapy for Deaf people across the Network. Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist SLT Network for Deaf People is the only regional network in the country that provides specialist speech and language therapy support for Deaf people. Recognised as a model of good practice by the RCSLT, we offer consistent, high-quality evidence-based interventions to the population of Cheshire and Merseyside. Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details about this post. This is an annex 21 post dependent on the duration of the post. The salary would be paid at 65% of the top of band 6 for the 1st year, 70% of the top of band 6 for the 2nd year and then 75% of the top of band 6 for the 3rd year. Person specification
Education and Training
Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent Registration certificate of HCPC Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses Knowledge of British Sign Language Evidence of successful completion of Communication Skills Development (CSD) Working with Deaf People Part 1 and Part 2 Membership of Clinical Excellence Network for deafness Masters level or other recognised post-graduate course linked to specialism Experience
Working as a specialist speech and language therapist in deafness Multi-agency working, and an in-depth knowledge of SEND legislation and its relevance to deafness Developing and delivering training packages to other disciplines, carers and service users Participating in research and audit Supervising junior members of staff Participating in service development initiatives or projects Transcribing speech using auditory and visual information Knowledge
Specialism and skills as a result of experience or CPD An in depth understanding of appropriate therapeutic interventions for deaf people Audiological assessments and their relevance to client management BSL and the use of sign systems in supporting communication National policies and procedures relevant to deaf clients Deafness and communication development We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 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.
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