Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist

Job Introduction
Joining us as a **Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist**, you will be offered a **welcome bonus of £1000** as well as **NHS AfC Terms and Conditions**.

The role is based in **Salisbury, Wiltshire** where we offer **flexible hours**, both part time and full time up to 37.5 hours per week, along with the chance to get the best of both worlds - working between the community and remote at home to complete administrative duties.

Main Responsibilities
As the Speech and Language Therapist you will:

- Offer support to children and young people, their families and other service users.
- Reduce the impact of speech and language difficulties, to allow children to participate in daily life and inspire them to reach their full potential.
- Work within the dynamic Wiltshire community paediatric team
- Provide assessment and intervention for preschool and school aged children 0-19 years who experience speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties.

Agile working is encouraged including some home working, the use of virtual consultations, as well as face to face appointments where appropriate.

You will have a Degree Qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and a licence to practice with the Health and Care Professions Council.

As you will be delivering care within preschools, clinics, schools, and other community settings throughout Wiltshire, having a valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

We welcome newly qualified SLTs and offer a robust induction programme to develop professional competencies. We are also keen to hear from qualified SLTs who have completed their RCSLT competencies, as well as SLTs considering a return to practice after a break in working. We offer regular, ongoing, internal opportunities for continued professional development in all core areas of speech, language and communication needs.

About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Package Description
As a Speech and Language Therapist you’ll be part of our valued team at **Highpost Business Park, Salisbury, Wiltshire**

You will feel valued as a **Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist** within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

- £27,055 - £32,934** **with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission