Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview Are you a qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking for your next career opportunity? Due to additional investment in our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service, we are delighted to be recruiting to a number of new Band 6 posts across our service in the London Borough of Redbridge. These new positions provide exciting opportunities for therapists to develop specialist skills while helping us expand and enhance the support we offer to children, young people and their families. We are recruiting Speech and Language Therapists to work within the following specialist pathways: Mainstream Schools and Speech Sound Disorders Mainstream Schools and Selective Mutism Early Years Complex Needs and Preschool Social Communication Team These posts are available as Band 6 positions, and we will also consider applications for a Band 5-6 Development Post. Applicants for the Band 5-6 Development pathway must have successfully completed their RCSLT Newly Qualified Practitioner, 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 Childrens Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The main responsibilities of the post: To provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred with social communication needs and speech and language disorders in a range of settings such as schools, early years settings, community clinics and the child development centre to include assessment, diagnoses and treatment. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to junior colleagues. To contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of
speech, language and communication difficulties. To provide feedback and advice to parents/carers, family members, and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication needs and strategies to facilitate development. To develop and deliver training and support packages. To regularly attend supervision and commit to the supervision process as a means for developing reflective and clinical decision-making skills.

(Band 5) Competencies and be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and clinical experience required to progress towards Band 6 practice through a supported development programme. At NELFT, we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements wherever possible, so please let us know if there is a working pattern that would help you balance your professional and personal commitments. Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of a

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.