Job overview

 We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity with vacancies across two of our specialist pathways, giving you the chance to develop your expertise and leadership across diverse settings in Buckinghamshire.

We currently have vacancies across:

• Early Years Complex Needs Team (0.4 WTE)
• Clinical Lead in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (0.6 WTE)

We are looking for Speech and Language Therapist/s to join our team in these Highly Specialist roles. We are seeking those with a desire to step into a leadership role, with knowledge and experience of working with children and young people with complex needs and/or ASD.

We are a large, supportive and team dedicated to delivering high quality care. We offer regular, high-quality clinical and management supervision, year round access to CPD as part of our rolling CPD programme, access to coaching, mentoring and external course included CENs.

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. If you’re enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people while advancing your specialist skills, we’d love to hear from you. If you're interested in applying, we welcome informal conversations. To help you feel confident, we share our interview process in advance to ensure you have the best opportunity to flourish and succeed.

Apply today and help us shape the future of Speech and Language Therapy services in Buckinghamshire!

Main duties of the job

As part of the Early Years Complex Needs Team, you will join an innovative group of therapists and therapy assistants, delivering high-quality Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) services to children with complex needs in their early years. You will have the opportunity to work alongside other health and education professionals to deliver assessment and intervention to complex preschool children at a highly specialist level. Management of complex feeding difficulties across of range of settings will also be required.

As the Clinical Lead in ASD, you will play a pivotal role within the leadership team, helping to shape and develop services for children and young people with ASD across Buckinghamshire. You will work collaboratively with external stakeholders, including SEND services, specialist teachers, voluntary organisations, and charity sectors, to foster a coordinated, local approach to supporting needs. You will also be responsible for a caseload of school aged children and young people, with Educational and Health Care Plans.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. 
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. 

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.