Job summary
- Main area
- Children & Young People
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
- Job ref
- 277-6353319-CYP-A
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various sites within the borough of Greenwich
- Town
- London Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 pa inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies Service are looking to appoint following increased interest in our services. This is an opportunity for shortly to qualify students, newly qualified or Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists with experience.
You will have the opportunity to work with early years or school-age children & young people with a range of speech, language & communication needs. Providing assessment, advice & intervention, with a supportive team of therapists & assistants. These posts have arisen due to increased interest from local nurseries & schools to provide high-quality Speech & Language Therapy provision.
There is the opportunity for professional development & the support of a team of therapists & assistants. You will have access to admin, managerial & clinical support. CPD is supported & the development of clinical interests is encouraged. We have embedded support to offer for B5 therapists including:
- regular 1:1 supervision
- group supervision
- peer support
- Oxleas preceptorship programme Www.OxleasAHPPreceptorship.com
Our friendly, well-established Services offer fantastic support & opportunities to develop your career.
If you would like to find out more about this opportunity please do contact us and see our service X account:
- @GreenwichSLT
Main duties of the job
The Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies service consists of Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams, providing services to Early Years, School Years and Special Schools.
The Greenwich Children’s Speech and Language Therapy team has specialists in all key clinical areas including: Autism, DLD, deafness, dysphagia, phonology, and SEMH. We work closely to provide clinical support and second opinions.
As the post holder you will:
- Provide assessment and intervention for children with a range of SLCN in settings including schools, nurseries and health centres
- Work as part of a integrated team with teachers and outreach services supporting children with communication difficulties and their families
- Have opportunities for involvement in service development projects, example projects currently taking place are: The Bilingualism Quality Improvement Project and The Developmental Language Disorder working group.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings.. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Oxleas created and facilitate the nationally recognised Allied Health Professionals Preceptorship Programme. Preceptorships aim is to provide support and structure in during a career transition, such as student to newly qualified to help build confidence. At Oxleas, you will have access to a robust and successful AHP Preceptorship support package which is tailored to the individual. You will be part of a wider AHP community, not only within Oxleas but with our National Preceptorship Partners across the country. The programme has been shortlisted for National CAHPO Awards in 2023 and 2024. Listen to Katy & Ruthie, on why they love working for Oxleas and the AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Why Katy & Ruthie, Occupational Therapists, Love Working For Oxleas (youtube.com)
You will work alongside a large team of Therapists and Assistants and will have access to administrative, managerial and clinical support. Where appropriate you will receive higher levels of supervision for Newly Qualified Therapists to support the completion of your RCSLT NQP Competencies Framework.
Training and career development is well supported within Oxleas with the opportunity to attend both internal and external training. Examples of training accessed in the past 12 months includes: Nuffield Dyspraxia, Shape Coding, PECS, Bilingualism, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Evidence based assessment and intervention for DLD, Core Vocabulary Intervention, Attention Autism and Hanen.
Please refer to attached Job Description for further details of the role and the Person Specification for essential and desirable requirements of the post holder.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration
- Royal College of Speech & Language Therapy Registration
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Speech & Language Therapy Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children in any setting
Training
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of short courses
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
- Julia Longthorne
- Job title
- Head of Profession - Speech and Language Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8836 8621
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