Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Full Time NEW

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We are looking for a Highly Specialist 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 .

You will be working as part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team to provide a service for babies, children and young people presenting with complex communication needs and feeding difficulties within a range of settings such as patient homes, 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 your skills through training and cross-borough peer meetings.

This post will ideally suit an established Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist looking for a new challenge or an experienced Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist ready to diversify their career.

Main duties of the job

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 lead on and contribute to the provision of SLT services for children (0-19 years) living in Redbridge with complex communication needs, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
• To independently manage a clinical caseload of children with a range of complex communication needs and feeding.
• To provide an advanced standard of assessment, clinical diagnosis and treatment for babies, children and young people with complex communication needs and feeding difficulties.
• To make highly specialist clinical decisions following assessment of complex cases.
• To provide specialist advice and disseminate information accordingly to parents and other professionals as appropriate.
• To work in the context of a multi- disciplinary team in the Redbridge Child development Centre.
• To make differential diagnosis on the basis of assessment evidence providing advice when appropriate and input into EHCPs.
• To provide supervision, advice and second opinions to more junior colleagues.

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 Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

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Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.