Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

We’re advertising an exciting opportunity for a B7 Speech and Language Therapist.
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 are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with SLCN and are keen to recruit a dedicated, highly motivated individual.
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.
Take your place with us providing highly specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge for children and young people with speech, language & communication needs.
You will will support with the development of pathways and interventions for children & young people who require access to an alternative educational provision, and/or are vulnerable to school exclusion.
You will be instrumental in leading an advisory service across the Primary and Secondary sectors re: speech, language and communication.
You will assist in service development for members of the Wider Children's Workforce.
You will provide highly specialist support via clinical supervision, shadowing & second opinions for the members of the team.
You will liaise with the Team Lead about any issues in service delivery and develop plans to manage these.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health/education staff.
You will lead on service development using your highly specialist knowledge and skills, including the development of policies, processes and pathways to enhance quality of patient care, in liaison with the Team Lead.
You will implement, monitor and evaluate new ways of working, including providing progress reports on new workstreams.
You will have strong presentation skills and deliver training to the wider children’s workforce about a range of communication difficulties.
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.