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Progressive Band 5 to 6 Speech and Language Therapist Post

• Are you an enthusiastic newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new opportunity?
• Are you looking to develop your skills, working in a range of clinical and educational settings?
• Do you have a passion for supporting children and young people with a wide range of clinical needs?

If you answered yes, we have got the perfect role for you!

Children & Young People’s Therapies at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) is in the exciting position of being able to offer Band 5 progressive posts. We are looking to recruit to enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 5 SLTs, who wish to extend their skills/experiences, with a view moving to a Band 6 post on transition to full clinical autonomy.  Posts will be based at our main sites in either : Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead/St Albans, Bishop Stotford/ Hertford and Watford.    

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As a Band 5 SLT, you will provide assessment and intervention to children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs.  You will work across a variety of settings, from mainstream schools/ early years settings, to Children’s community settings, including community clinics. There are also some opportunities to work closely with experienced therapists within special school settings.

You will work collaboratively with education staff within settings, and you may also have the opportunity to work within a specialist provision for children with learning difficulties.  You will have opportunity to develop your clinical skills in areas such as ASD, DLD and speech disorders, and cleft palate.

We have an excellent reputation for the support we provide to new graduates and returners.   We offer:

• A 2 week induction period where you will have the opportunity to observe and shadow
• Regular clinical supervision and contact with your manager. 
• Access to a range of learning opportunities e.g. bitesize tutorials and CENs, including ASD and DLD
• Regular access to a Band 5 peer support group and a buddy
• A well-established appraisal system
• Opportunities to work alongside other therapists/assistants to deliver evidence based episodes of care
• Joint working and second opinions from clinical specialists within the service

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A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

This is what one of our newly qualified SLTs has told us about working within the CYP Therapies Service:

"Joining HCT has been a great start to my SLT career. I was welcomed by the team and quickly felt like I had been part of the team a long while. I have received invaluable support that has helped me transform my knowledge from university into a clinical skill.  I value the continuous opportunity for CPD development, I feel like my knowledge is always growing.”

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds 

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.