Speech & Language Therapist

2 weeks ago

Margate, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 5 Speech and Language Therapist interested in working with children to joinour team in East Kent. The post involves working within the school's years team supporting a specific buy in contractfrom a group of 3 local schools.

The Children's Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children 0 - 19 years within KCHFT. Thesuccessful applicant will join our Children's Therapies team and will be supported by our Speech and Language TeamLeads and the network of Clinical Leads across Kent.

We work closely with colleagues from other health, education and social care teams to provide an integrated team around the child post is for 3 days a week term time only and will be based in the identified schools.

Main duties of the job

To assess, plan and implement SLT interventions that support children with a range of speech, language andcommunication needs.

To deliver evidence-based SLT interventions for children that support them achieving their identified health outcomes.

To develop integrated care plans in partnership with the child, young person and / or family recommending and supporting interventions that are appropriate at a universal, targeted and specialist level.

To participate in clinical supervision and to work as part of an integrated team with Therapy Assistants, OTs, PTs, SLTs, Care Co-ordinators and Specialist Nurse Advisors offering support to colleagues as appropriate to knowledge and skills.

To actively work as a member of a multi disciplinary and multi-agency teams to provide high quality care to children and young people in line with our care pathways.

To manage a caseload of children that on a daily basis consisting of children and young people with complex needs.

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Good luck We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body: HCPC Speech & Language Therapy degree

Experience

Essential

Experience of recent community healthcare/education settings gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS Knowledge of up to date clinical practice

Skills & abilities

Essential

Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) Ability to organise own work Ability to cope with change *Ability to use own initiative

Personal attributes

Essential

Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice. Ability to work under pressure Flexible and adaptable

Ability to manage

Essential

Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account trust policies and procedures.

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