Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-WC-6448232
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Smethwick
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to come and work with us, within our ASD assessment and diagnosis service.
You will undertake ASD assessments, be part of the decision-making meetings and provide support and second opinions to other members of staff.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- assess children and young people for social communication difficulties
- take part in the decision-making meetings where you will contribute to whether a diagnosis is given or not
- liaise closely with CAMHS, Paediatricians, education and other health colleagues
- take part in ADOS assessments
- provide second opinions to other Speech and Language Therapists in the team
- provide feedback to the paediatric SLT meeting on the ASD pathway and any developments
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A degree in Speech and Language Therapy from a recognised training establishment.
- Registration with RCSLT
- Registration with HCPC
Experience
Essential criteria
- A range of post-graduate and post-competency experience working with children in a variety of settings, with a range of speech, language and interaction problems
- Experience working with children with complex developmental disorders
- Completion of relevant short courses / certification eg. Parent Child Interaction, Makaton, PECs, Elklan etc
- Experience of managing and prioritising a case-load.
- Experience of working with assistants, students, newly qualified therapists and others as appropriate
- Experience of participating in the delivery and development of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and non-professional.
- Experience of participating in clinical service development in response to local and national priorities involving research, audit and user feedback.
Desirable criteria
- ADOS trained
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
- Kay Baker
- Job title
- Team Leader for Children's Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07817 976710
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