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Children's Speech and Language Therapist
1 week ago
Job summary
Are you passionate about providing therapy to children and young people? Do you enjoy working in a team to provide effective intervention for children and young people with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN). Do you want to gain a breadth of experience across Children's Speech and Language Therapy?
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant team as a Generalist Speech and Language Therapist to provide assessment and therapy to the children of Gateshead in clinic, preschool, and home settings. You will gain and build on your experience across a wide range of disciplines in Speech and Language Therapy whilst working in a dynamic, and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
To work within the Children's Speech and Language Therapy (CSLT) team to provide assessment and therapy to children and young people (0-19) with SLCNs. To provide clinic based therapy for children and young people with speech and language impairments. To provide impairment based therapy in nursery and home settings to preschool children with SLCN. To provide speech, language, and communication targets to educational settings. To provide advice and support to primary partners of children with SLCN.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide assessment, diagnosis and appropriate speech and language therapy interventions for children aged 0-19 years with a range of speech, language and communication needs (some of which may be complex in nature) with support and advice from senior clinicians as required. To develop and provide evidence based therapy programmes (individual/group)in a range of settings (clinic/home/school/online) with appropriate instruction and training for families and relevant professionals. Tomeasure therapy outcomes and develop suitableintervention plans in line with local guidelines. To provide appropriate clinical information, prepare reports, advice and clinical resources for patients, parents/carers and other relevant agencies within and outwith the NHS Local Authority, including advice for Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs). To plan and prioritise allocated patient caseloads based on patient need and local models of service delivery. To continually develop own clinical expertise, knowledge and clinical skills to enhance effective patientcare through engagement with clinical and child safeguarding supervision and continuing professional development. This will bepromoted through shadowing opportunities within the team and relevant training opportunities as agreed with clinical supervisors and identified within the appraisal process. To undertake relevant audit andR&D activity as identified within the community paediatricteam. To contribute to service planning, improvement and modernisation where appropriate to ensure patient safety dynamic Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy Professional registration with HCPC Experience of working with a Paediatric SLT caseload including direct experience of working with preschool and school aged children. Experience of working in a variety of community settings including clinics, homes, and educational settings Ability to work individually and as part of a Team. Knowledge of the full range of Paediatric Speech, Language, & Communication Disorders Ability to relate theory to practice Good organizational skills including well development time management skills. IT Skills Car driver and valid driving license
Desirable
Desirable
Completion of relevant Post Graduate short courses Experience of working with children with additional needs Experience of working with children with fluency disorder Experience of working with children with voice difficulties Experience of carrying out online consultations. Experience of multi-agency working Experience of using EMIS or similar electronic patient administration system.-
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