Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

6 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The Manchester Speech and Language Therapy Service is committed to providing a high-quality service to children and families across the city of Manchester.

This is a Public Heath role and forms part of Manchester city council further role out of the Kickstart project and supports the building back better initiative.

We are looking for 2 experienced, flexible, and enthusiastic band 6 Speech and Language Therapists to build on the work of the established Communication and Language Early Years team in Manchester.

These are fixed term 12-month Band 6 full time posts - 37.5 hours per week.

Applicants requiring part time hours may be considered.

The focus of the established team has been to embed a citywide, multi agency communication and language pathway to provide early identification and support for children with moderate language difficulties. This has been developed as part of Manchester’s drive to improve children’s school readiness and life outcomes.

You will need an accredited degree or equivalent Certificate to practice and be registered with HCPC. You will have a thorough theoretical knowledge of early year’s communication impairments (0-4 years) and experience of delivering training.

Your work will be carried out in a variety of locations across the city, so transport is essential. There will be some opportunity for working from home.

This is a very exciting new initiative to develop and deliver an extended Communication and Language support offer to practitioners in early years PVI settings and schools foundation stage. The role would be working alongside a team of Speech and Language therapists and Language Development workers.

There is a strong training requirement within this role to deliver information and direct support to the early years workforce in order to impact on children’s learning environments both at home and within early years provision.

The role will provide an opportunity to work closely with early years settings to develop the role of communication champions and raise practitioners’ skills in supporting children’s language development.

There will be a need to support the work of language development workers. early years practitioners and foundation stage teachers to raise the quality of support for the children’s language development within early years.

Manchester Speech and Language Therapy department provides opportunities for ongoing professional development. We have a large, well-established and supportive department. We provide you with regular clinical supervision, protected time for CPD opportunities and special interest groups as well as support from an experienced team. We also offer a comprehensive induction programme, regular face to face meetings, and annual appraisals to develop your knowledge and skills.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

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