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Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust’s Children and Young People’s Therapies (CYPT) Service is excited to be offering a new Band 7 opportunity within it’s Speech and Language Therapy Team.  We are looking to recruit to an experienced SLT with specialist skills in dysphagia, and who has experience working with children and young people (CYP) with complex communication needs associated with a range of medical conditions, including those who require Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC).

This permanent post is 0.6 WTE.  The postholder will hold a clinical caseload within a specialist school for pupils with a wide range of complex and profound learning difficulties in St Albans, and also provide clinical support for CYP across the West Herts community (St Albans/Hemel Hempstead).  They will also provide professional support to less experienced SLT/SLT Assistants in the locality area.  The postholder will be expected to work autonomously and as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.

If you are looking to extend your leadership skills and continue to develop your specialist clinical skills, this opportunity could be just right for you.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• Work within a multidisciplinary team in a specialist provision, working with other health, education, and social care professionals, to carry out specialist assessments of CYP with complex communication needs, including AAC and eating and drinking needs.
• Provide eating and drinking management plans to minimise aspiration risk and optimise safe and efficient eating and drinking, including referrals onto other services as required / indicated.
• Complete communication assessments as part of the EHCP process.
• Provide second opinions for children with complex needs and/or eating and drinking needs attending mainstream schools and other specialist provisions.
• Work collaboratively with highly specialist SLT colleagues to ensure best practice and and delivery of high quality care systems.
• Provide professional support and supervision to less experienced colleagues and support the development of dysphagia competencies within the teams as indicated/appropriate.

We offer:

• Regular group professional supervision and peer support.
• Working as part of a supportive team of highly specialist SLTs. 
• Regular managerial supervision and a well-established appraisal system.
• Internal and external CPD opportunities such as bitesize tutorials, peer review, CENs.
• A 2 week induction period to observe/shadow colleagues across a range of clinical areas/settings.
• Regular meetings with Clinical Quality Leads and Operational Leads to plan and implement service delivery and service development.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

• If you are looking for somewhere to make a real difference and are passionate about helping CYP access the right support at the right time to help them stay safe, and thrive in their development, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At HCT we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
• We are proud to be an organisation which focuses on our people, and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
• Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture, guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
• Our patients, their families and carers are at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.
• Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.
• We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.
• You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.