Specialist Speech

3 weeks ago


Heywood, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are excited to welcome Band 6 Children's Speech and Language Therapists to our well-established and friendly team. We have some vacancies with a range of opportunities across the team including; community clinic, complex needs and social communication difficulties.

We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities. You will develop leadership skills by providing management supervision to other team members. 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. If you are passionate about communication, innovative and keen to input to service development then we are excited to hear from you

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Main duties of the job

Take your place with us providing specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations to a range of children and young people with a range of communication needs. You will provide specialist assessment for children with a range of needs. You will assess, treat and review children in face-to-face appointments. You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health and education staff. You will have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills. You will work in clinics, education settings, children's centres and family homes. You will drive continuous improvement with your innovation and passion for developing new ways of working. You will 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.

About us

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice

Desirable

Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist

Essential Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group Well established knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group Experience of diagnosing language impairment

Desirable

Knowledge and experience of working with Alternative Augmentative Communication Knowledge and experience of working with children with Complex Needs

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills Good organisational skills and prioritisation skills Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically Demonstrates ability to be a good team member Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills

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