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Job summary

Main area
Speech and Language Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-WF042-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wood Street Health Centre
Town
Walthamstow
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pa pro-rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Deafness and Schools

NHS AfC: Band 6

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, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Come and work for us in Waltham Forest! We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist within our Deafness and Mainstream Schools team. 

The SLT paediatric team is based at Wood Street Health Centre, a purpose-built healthcare centre for children and young adults in the borough of Waltham Forest in the heart of vibrant East London.

Our service is part of the Specialist Children's Services, including Speech and Language Therapists, Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Specialist Children's Nursing. We have a strong focus on multi-agency working across health and education. This post will see you work jointly with teachers and other professionals. 

This role is working with deaf pre school and school aged children in a provision. You will be working alongside Teachers of the Deaf and will create links with the audiology team. 

Supported by experienced and talented senior clinicians you also will be part of our schools team, providing  initial assessments, EHCP assessments, reviews and interventions to children and young people. 

We offer excellent support, regular supervision and many CPD opportunities. This post will also develop your supervision skills. 

Waltham Forest SALT is an exciting place to work, where change and creativity are welcomed. We take pride in being welcoming and positive, with children’s wellbeing centred at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

You will need to demonstrate the following requirements for the post:

  • Passion for working with deaf children
  • Interest in developing deafness specialism, experience is desirable but not essential. 
  • Experience in delivering appropriate intervention/care plans/enhanced models of SLT for paediatric clients with communication needs providing suitable and timely support, ideally in mainstream school settings &/or provisions.
  • Clear clinical reasoning based on evidence based practice within paediatrics with specific experience in treatment working with children exhibiting complex communication difficulties.
  • The ability to provide feedback, advice and training internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups as well as clients families.
  • Responsibility in taking a delegated lead on the development of team objectives or projects in liaison with the clinical service lead and peers.

Working for our organisation

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 £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachment.

The main responsibilities of the post include

  • Providing a high standard of Speech and Language  service to paediatric clients
  •  Working autonomously to provide speech and language assessments and interventions for children with SLCN, diverse needs and varying presentations.
  •  Providing specialist training, support and development for our SLTs (and other professionals as necessary)  within the area of  communication difficulties as well as supervision, advice and second opinions to more junior colleagues

The successful candidates will be Band 6 Speech & Language Therapist or experienced Band 5 Speech and Language therapist with sound knowledge of working with children & their families. Previous knowledge & experience working of working with a paediatric caseload is essential. 

You will have excellent communication skills & enjoy working as part of a team.

Please do contact us if you'd like to discuss the post further

Person specification

A.C. as per Person Spec

Essential criteria
  • Qualified / Registered

A.C as per Person Spec

Essential criteria
  • Experience of assessment with school aged caseload
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of assessment with deaf children

A.C as per Person Spec

Essential criteria
  • Experience of intervention with school aged caseload
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of intervention with deaf children

A.C as per person Spec

Essential criteria
  • Experience of upskilling others e.g. families, therapists, schools staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amy Barker
Job title
Clinical Lead for SALT
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 430 7970
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