Job summary
- Main area
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 411-GS-24-6387080
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- not to be advertised
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional clinician with strong clinical experience to be a highly specialist speech and language therapist for the new Gender Service for the North of England. The Children and Young People’s Gender Service is a Phase 1 Provider of Gender Services provided in partnership by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
As a highly specialist speech and language therapist in the service you will provide specialist assessment and interventions to children, young people and their families. The role will include liaison and engagement with a range of partnership agencies to ensure an integrated and coordinate care plan is provided. Experience of providing supervision to clinical practitioners will also be essential to this role.
Successful candidates will have a passion for delivering safe, high quality and effective services to children and young people and will be a strong communicator, committed and well organised, with the ability to work effectively as a senior clinician in a multidisciplinary team.
Additional training will be provided for the successful candidates as required, alongside regular team meetings, structured supervision and timetabled CPD sessions.
Experience or interest in voice change would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
The main duties for this role are provided in the attached job description
For further details please contact [email protected]
Working for our organisation
The base for this service is Mandarin Court, Centre Park, Warrington which includes the following benefits:
- Free parking and free EV charging
- Short walk from Warrington Bank Quay station
- Bicycle storage and on site changing facilities
We welcome applicants looking for both full time and part time contracts, with flexible working opportunities available. Some remote working will also be possible in this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities for this role are provided in the attached job description/person specification.
Person specification
Education & Training
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
- Health & Care Professions Council – Licence to Practise
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Evidence of continued professional development in both clinical and leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Network
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master’s degree equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant experience post qualification, including demonstrable evidence working as a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist.
- In-depth experience within specialist clinical area
- Experience working with SLT students / new graduates
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Well developed concentration skills
- Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
- In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
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
- GS Inbox
- Job title
- Admin
- Email address
- [email protected]
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