Job summary
- Main area
- Speech & Language Therapist
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 411-COM-24-6381086
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kilby House, Liverpool Innovation Park
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Speech & Language Therapist
Band 5
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The Alder Hey Community Speech & Language Therapy Service is looking to recruit a Speech & Language Therapists to work in the Sefton locality. There may also be opportunity to work within the Liverpool team.
If you are nearing the end of your course, looking to return to practice, or ready for a change, we welcome your application! Graduates awaiting HCPC registration are able to start at Band 4 following notification of passing their course
We can offer the successful candidate a range of benefits including a named preceptor to support you in the transition from being a new graduate to completing your competencies, fantastic peer support, clinical development opportunities, and access to a range of clinical specialists!
You'll also be offered a named supervisor to provide ongoing supervision in line with RCSLT guidelines, and access to clinical discussion groups to support your development.
Alder Hey have staff networks to support equality, diversity and inclusion, and access to SALS for mental health and well-being support within the team.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high quality speech and language therapy service to children aged 0-19 in a variety of community settings including clinics, nurseries and schools, and patients homes.
Provide therapeutic intervention to children with communication difficulties throughout every transition stage to adulthood.
Work collaboratively with other partner agencies and carers to enable them to understand the communication impairment and to provide appropriate support and intervention.
Successfully complete the requirements of the RCSLT competency-to-practice framework.
Working for our organisation
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, there is a growing presence in community outreach sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assess the speech, language and communication needs of the children / young people, and collaborate with their parent / carer to formulate therapy plans in line with the Care Aims Model of Service Delivery.
Provide therapy to the children and young people through direct work, programmes of activities, workshops and groups.
Manage and prioritise own workload and a defined caseload with the support of a named clinical supervisor.
Please see job description attached for further details
Person specification
Education & Training
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
- Health & Care Professional Council – Licence to practise.
Desirable criteria
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with children with Speech, Language & Communication difficulties at Undergraduate level
Desirable criteria
- Working with children with Speech, Language & Communication difficulties at a post-graduate level.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Assessment tools relevant to the client group.
- A range of appropriate interventions relevant to the client group.
- National policies and procedures relevant to the client group.
- Awareness of the principles of clinical governance/audit.
- Awareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group.
- Awareness of standards of record keeping.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Anna Thomson
- Job title
- Deputy Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 295 3990
- Additional information
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- Address
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