Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Provide assessment and therapy for pre-school and school age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties. Write concise notes, reports and programmes for children in order for family and education staff to support ongoing needs. Provide support and deliver best practice intervention to children and young people with Autism & Complex Communication needs. To support the SALT team in their transformation journey, this may include delivering training to other professionals and parents. Support initiatives within the SALT service to maintain timely waiting lists and waits for therapy intervention. Engage in and be pro-active in CPD activities in order to continually provide evidence based practice and intervention., To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy. Job description, To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Are you looking for a new challenge? The paediatric speech and language therapy team at Wye Valley NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed Speech and Language Therapist. You will join a friendly and highly committed team of therapists and therapy assistants delivering support to children and young people across rural Herefordshire. We are looking to recruit a Band 6, full time, permanent position (part-time applications will be considered). This is a mixed post that includes a wide and varied caseload within community clinics, mainstream nurseries/schools and input into a more specialist, complex communication needs caseload. Experience in supporting children/young people with specific language difficulties and more complex presentations would be a significant advantage. If you are an enthusiastic and evidence driven individual, then please get in touch. Due to the nature of the post, you must be a car driver.,

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• At least 2 years' experience working with children and their families
• Membership to RCSLT & HCPC
• Ability to lead and train students, professionals and others.
Desirable
• Accredited courses such as Elklan, POPAT, Signalong, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction
• Other post graduate training in specialist clinical areas
Skills, knowldege & abilities Essential
• Awareness of multi-disciplinary team working
• Ability to communicate complex and delicate information in a timely and sensitive way where there are frequent barriers to understanding and/or acceptance.
• Evidence of working with pre-school children with a range of needs including some complex needs.
• Experience working in a busy administrative environment managing and inputting data
• Excellent oral and written communication
Desirable
• An awareness and understanding of the vision within the Experts at Hand SEND Reform White Paper
• Knowledge of implementing Intensive Interaction/Attention Autism as an approach
Experience Essential
• Experience of managing own large and complex caseload independently, being accountable for own professional actions.
• Experience in working in a multidisciplinary environment.
Desirable
• Experience of using manual signing systems e.g. Signalong
• Understanding and use of alternative and augmentative communication systems
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends. More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential." Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.