Job Description

Are you a qualified speech and language therapist seeking a new role?



At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.



We are looking for a speech and language therapist to join our diverse Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team in the London borough of Redbridge. Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website - www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk .



You will be working as part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team to provide a service for children presenting with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding difficulties within pre-school settings, community clinics and schools. As part of your role, you will provide assessments as well delivering intervention and training to upskill parents, carers and education staff. You will have lots of opportunities to develop and specialise in a number of areas relating to the caseload, including Autism and AAC.



This post will ideally suit an established Band 5 looking for a new challenge or a developing speech and language therapist ready to diversify their career.



Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our patients.



As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings.

The main responsibilities of the post:

To provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred with social communication needs and speech and language disorders and feeding difficulties in a range of settings such as schools, community clinics and the child development centre to include assessment, diagnoses and treatment. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to junior colleagues. To contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding difficulties. To provide feedback and advice to parents/carers, family members, and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication and feeding needs and strategies to facilitate development. To develop and deliver training and support packages. To regularly attend supervision and commit to the supervision process as a means for developing reflective and clinical decision-making skills.

Starting with NELFT



NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.



Probationary Period



This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).



High-Cost Area Supplement



This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of 4,551 and a maximum payment of 5,735) pro rata for part time staff.



Certificates of Sponsorship



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Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.



We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person Specification



QUALIFICATIONS



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Essential criteria



A recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent and relevant professional registration.

Professional HCPC Registration to practice



Desirable criteria



Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy



EXPERIENCE



Essential criteria



Experience of working in education settings and community clinics with children who have disorders of speech language and communication.

Experience of working with children with social communication difficulties/ Autism.



KNOWLEDGE



Essential criteria



Knowledge of formal and informal assessments and therapeutic interventions.

Knowledge of Child development and its application to Speech and Language Therapy.

Understanding of safeguarding.



SKILLS



Essential criteria



Interpret assessment results, identify appropriate goals and formulate care plans

Demonstrate clear clinical reasoning based on evidence-based practice

Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empat



We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.



Use of AI



Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.