Client:
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Location:
Colchester, United Kingdom Job Category:
Other EU work permit required:
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6 Posted:
22.01.2025 Expiry Date:
08.03.2025 Job Description:
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. Are you a qualified speech and language therapist seeking a new role? At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances. We are looking for a speech and language therapist to join our diverse Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team in the London borough of Redbridge. You will be working as part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team to provide a service for children presenting with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding difficulties within pre-school settings, community clinics and schools. This post will ideally suit an established Band 5 looking for a new challenge or a developing speech and language therapist ready to diversify their career. Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the post: To provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred with social communication needs and speech and language disorders and feeding difficulties in a range of settings. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to junior colleagues. To contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding difficulties. To provide feedback and advice to parents/carers, family members, and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication and feeding needs and strategies to facilitate development. To develop and deliver training and support packages. To regularly attend supervision and commit to the supervision process as a means for developing reflective and clinical decision-making skills. Working for our organisation
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which includes mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period. High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
A recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent and relevant professional registration. Professional HCPC Registration to practice Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy EXPERIENCE
Experience of working in education settings and community clinics with children who have disorders of speech language and communication. Experience of working with children with social communication difficulties/ Autism. KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of formal and informal assessments and therapeutic interventions. Knowledge of Child development and its application to Speech and Language Therapy. Understanding of safeguarding. SKILLS
Interpret assessment results, identify appropriate goals and formulate care plans. Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning based on evidence-based practice. Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening, and empathy. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
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