Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist Join to apply for the Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist role at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. We’re advertising an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to integrate our community team. We are looking for an innovator who is keen to develop and transform pathways to meet the needs of the changing landscape of Speech and Language Therapy. We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills further via our Trust’s Leadership For All programme. You will educate and enrich student learning experiences as a clinical educator. Evidence‑based practice is embedded and CPD is actively encouraged. We work across education settings, clinics and children’s centres with parents, carers, education staff and other professionals. We are committed to prioritising work‑life balance and well‑being. The NCA offers a robust Flexible Working policy and S.C.A.R.F, a wrap‑around support programme to look after your physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Please speak to us about how we can accommodate any flexible working requests. Clink on the link for a short video about working as a Speech and Language Therapist at Northern Care Alliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjTkm_vKeoc Provide highly specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations to a range of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. Assist in service development and innovation in consultation with managers and other team members. Provide highly specialist support via clinical supervision, shadowing, mentoring and second opinions for the members of the team. Liaise with the Team Lead about any issues in service delivery and develop plans to manage these. Have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health and education staff. Lead on service development using your highly specialist knowledge and skills. This will include the development of policies, processes and pathways to enhance quality of patient care, in liaison with the Team Lead. Have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills. Implement, monitor and evaluate new ways of working, including providing audits, outcomes and progress reports on new workstreams. Have strong presentation skills and enjoy delivering training to the wider children’s workforce about a range of communication difficulties, including developing, evaluating and adapting training packages. The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust by 2x. Seniority level Entry level Employment type Full‑time Job function Health Care Provider Hospitals and Health Care For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tania Matos, Job title: Service Manager for Children’s Therapies, Email: tania.matos2@nca.nhs.uk, Telephone: 01612060606 For Further Information About The Role, Please Contact Rebecca Hopkins – Speech & Language Therapy Team Lead – Rebecca.Hopkins2@nca.nhs.uk #J-18808-Ljbffr