Job summary
Employer heading
Speech & Language Therapist
Band 5
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service are looking for band 5 therapists to join our large, diverse, and supportive team on the school-aged pathway. We serve the South-East London Borough of Lewisham, as part of the Community Health Service for Children, Young People and Families (CCYP) rated at ‘Outstanding’ in our last CQC inspection. As part of the team, you will benefit from:
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Both individual and group supervision.
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Inner London HCA (High-Cost Living Allowance)
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A shared base with the wider team at Kaleidoscope Centre Catford.
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Great transport links and easy access to central London.
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Weekly protected admin time.
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A range of digital resources including I-pads for assessment and an allocated, networked laptop for offsite working.
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Access to regular team training and CPD events.
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Great peer support from a friendly and diverse team.
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Access to a range of therapists with clinical specialisms, able to offer CPD opportunities and second opinions.
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Opportunities to work with colleagues across clinical pathways on service delivery, audit, and quality improvement projects including our team EDI objectives.
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Access to the Trust’s Preceptorship programme.
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Involvement in developing and delivering training to education staff. The team is registered as a college with the Open College Network (OCN) allowing our learners to gain high quality, recognised qualifications.
Main duties of the job
We offer a comprehensive and structured induction to all our new starters followed by regular, high quality clinical supervision. You will also be allocated a ‘schools team buddy’ to support your transition into the team.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Summary:
· The post holder will work as part of the School Aged Speech and Language Therapy Team to provide a comprehensive and inclusive speech and language therapy service for children and young people referred to the Team. The children may present with a range of speech, language and communication needs of varying severity.
· The post holder will contribute to the development and provision of a range of training packages for parents, carers and education and heath staff.
· The post holder will contribute to the development and provision of services for children, young people, parents/carers, education staff and members of the multi-disciplinary team to achieve effective outcomes.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
- Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Desirable criteria
- Competence/willingness to undertake relevant advanced training/post qualification training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Some experience of working with pre and school aged children with a range of speech, language and communication needs
- Some experience working with parents, teaching and/or education support staff
Desirable criteria
- Delivering training
- Working as part of multi-disciplinary team
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Thompson
- Job title
- Principal Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584384089
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