Speech and Language Therapist

7 days ago

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Speech and Language Therapist who is keen to join our dynamic and friendly team providing Speech & Language Therapy services to children & young people in Gloucestershire.

The post offers an opportunity to work with early years and school aged children with a range of speech, language and communication needs. We work creatively with parents, settings and other professionals to provide appropriate intervention packages using a care aims framework.

The post holder will be responsible for assessing, treating, managing and prioritising a designated caseload of children with speech, language and communication needs in community clinics.

They will provide advice to parents and other professionals in order to support the needs of children with speech, language and communication difficulties in line with the Care Aims approach including agreeing outcomes with key adults supporting the children on the caseload.

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5, the post holder will work under the close supervision of a clinical supervisor as well as be supported by their designated line manager:

To independently assess, diagnose, plan and deliver an appropriate therapeutic service to children who have any type of speech and language / communication difficulty, working with the care aims framework . To analyse complex cases in order to inform decision making for case management, working within the care aims framework to design appropriate evidence based intervention to meet the needs of children aged 0 -19 referred to the SLT service. To provide advice, information, demonstration and training where necessary concerning specific strategies of intervention for the management of the child's communication difficulties. To provide timely reports to parents / carers and other professionals to ensure that the child's needs are appropriately identified. To contribute to Individual Education Plans, write EHC Plans to SEND Casework Officers in line with the SEND graduated pathway.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We would welcome applications from clinicians returning to practice. We can provide supervision and CPD opportunities to support you in re-registering as a Speech and Language Therapist. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist (RCSLT) website also provides further information

Here are just some of the reasons you should join us

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a strong emphasis on CPD through access to specialist clinical support, team away days, sharing good practice and effective team working. We offer a preceptorship program and have supported many NQPs to complete their competencies and develop in their roles. We value our staff and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our therapists to contribute to service development, and welcome and value new ideas and experiences. We have a vibrant Diversity Network and inclusion is high on our agenda and reflected in our approach. We strongly encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply; we want to make sure our staffing is reflective of our communities so please come and chat to us. We offer flexible working opportunities including part-time, full-time, term-time only and hybrid working. We have great access to IT with laptops and mobile phones provided

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of degree level qualification or equivalent and Licence to practice evidenced by registration with HPC.

Relevant professional body membership

Essential

Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

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