Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

2 weeks ago

Halifax West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Our well-established, friendly community team consists of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants.

You will provide therapy assessment, treatment and advice, working in a variety of settings to include clinics, schools and nurseries with children of all ages. We have excellent links with schools, early years settings and Social Care and you will become part of the wider team supporting children and their families.

You will have good communication and team working skills. You will need to be able to work independently and have an ability to effectively prioritise and manage a varied caseload.

Main duties of the job


  • To work within the Children's Therapy service, applying effective clinical interventions within paediatrics in line with current evidence base.
  • To carry out assessment and treatment of children with speech, language and communication needs, with the aim of using education and advice to facilitate children/ young people and carers to understand and actively participate in the management of the condition, leading to safe and timely discharges and transfer of care.
  • To determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individual and group treatment programmes and/or provide advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

About us

We understand that whether you're just starting out or have plenty of experience, moving jobs can be both exciting and daunting, but you've made a great choice in considering joining Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT). We are an exceptional place to work with remarkable teams of hard working and dedicated clinical and non-clinical staff all delivering high standards of patient care.

You will receive strong leadership, clinical supervision and regular peer support. We value commitment to professional development and training for all our staff. We are committed to continually developing and improving our service for the benefit of children and their families.

Job description

Job responsibilities


  • To manage autonomously, a clinical workload of patients/clients, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records, referring queries to senior staff.
  • To have speech and language therapy assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to:
  • Triage of referrals
  • Identification of therapy needs
  • Speech language and communication disorders
  • Training others to manage a child's difficulties
  • Joint goal setting
  • To communicate effectively using non-verbal, verbal, written and electronic means.
  • To liaise and develop rapport with patients/clients, carers, members of the MDT, where appropriate, and outside agencies under guidance of a senior therapist.
  • To act, within the service, as a resource and provide advice for other professionals and colleagues within the MDT about the assessment, treatment, management and care of patients/clients with support from senior staff.
  • To work alongside other professionals to ensure effective care pathways care.
  • To make appropriate referrals to other agencies/practitioners.
  • To deliver programmes of assessment, treatment and intervention for patients/clients with support from senior staff.
  • To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to the training and competency levels of other team members to ensure the effective delivery of the service.
  • To participate in the supervision process.
  • To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided including implementing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken.
  • To provide assessment and advice for the MDT and participate in MDT meetings as appropriate.
  • With experience, plan and delegate workload to assistants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential


  • Relevant Degree/Diploma.
  • Registered with HCPC

Desirable


  • Member of Professional Body.

Experience

Essential


  • Undergraduate experience in a wide range of clinical areas
  • NHS or Social Service experience
  • Good clinical reasoning skills
  • Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
  • Awareness of relevant Legislation, NSF'S/ Local and National initiatives.
  • Basic understanding of Clinical Governance
  • Ability to maintain legible and accurate records

Desirable


  • Previous experience working at Band 5 level
  • Presentation skills
  • Recent experience demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate speech, language and communication difficulties in a children's therapy service.

Special Knowledge/ Expertise

Essential


  • Ability to undertake assessment and formulate treatment/management programmes with patients/clients, acting as an autonomous practitioner

Desirable


  • Presentation skills

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

Essential


  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties
  • Recognises own limitations and have willingness to share and learn from others
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Proven ability to work well in a team.
  • Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with routine situations.
  • Ability to organise own work and caseload.

Employer details

Employer name

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broad street plaza / princess royal community health centre

Northgate

Halifax

HX1 1UB

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