Job summary
Are you passionate about providing therapy to children and young people? Do you enjoy working in a team to provide effective intervention for children and young people with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN). Do you want to gain a breadth of experience across Children's Speech and Language Therapy?
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant team as a Generalist Speech and Language Therapist to provide assessment and therapy to the children of Gateshead in clinic, preschool, and home settings. You will gain and build on your experience across a wide range of disciplines in Speech and Language Therapy whilst working in a dynamic, and supportive team.
Main duties of the job
- To work within the Children's Speech and Language Therapy (CSLT) community team to provide assessment and therapy to children and young people (0-19) with SLCNs.
- To provide clinic based therapy for children and young people with speech and language impairments.
- To provide impairment based therapy in nursery and home settings to preschool children with SLCN.
- To provide speech, language, and communication targets to educational settings.
- To provide advice and support to primary partners of children with SLCN.
About us
Gateshead CSLT Service is part of the Community Business Unit for Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust. We are a small, innovative team who strive to provide an excellent service to the children and young people of Gateshead whilst supporting engagement with the service and being responsive to the changing needs of the population. The Community CSLT Team work alongside the Special Needs CSLT Team to provide assessment and therapy across the disciplines of Speech and Language Therapy.
We actively encourage and support continued professional development. Our aim is to provide generalist therapists with a wealth of opportunities to develop their skills across a broad range SLCNs in order to secure skills to enable career progression. This is reinforced by the values based appraisal system across Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide assessment, diagnosis and appropriate speech and language therapy interventions for children aged 0-19 years with a range of speech, language and communication needs (some of which may be complex in nature) with support and advice from senior clinicians as required.
- To develop and provide evidence based therapy programmes (individual/group)in a range of settings (clinic/home/school/online) with appropriate instruction and training for families and relevant professionals.
- Tomeasure therapy outcomes and develop suitableintervention plans in line with local guidelines.
- To provide appropriate clinical information, prepare reports, advice and clinical resources for patients, parents/carers and other relevant agencies within and outwith the NHS e.g. Local Authority, including advice for Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs).
- To plan and prioritise allocated patient caseloads based on patient need and local models of service delivery.
- To continually develop own clinical expertise, knowledge and clinical skills to enhance effective patientcare through engagement with clinical and child safeguarding supervision and continuing professional development. This will bepromoted through shadowing opportunities within the team and relevant training opportunities as agreed with clinical supervisors and identified within the appraisal process.
- To undertake relevant audit andR&D activity as identified within the community paediatricteam.
- To contribute to service planning, improvement and modernisation where appropriate to ensure patient safety dynamic
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide assessment, diagnosis and appropriate speech and language therapy interventions for children aged 0-19 years with a range of speech, language and communication needs (some of which may be complex in nature) with support and advice from senior clinicians as required.
- To develop and provide evidence based therapy programmes (individual/group)in a range of settings (clinic/home/school/online) with appropriate instruction and training for families and relevant professionals.
- Tomeasure therapy outcomes and develop suitableintervention plans in line with local guidelines.
- To provide appropriate clinical information, prepare reports, advice and clinical resources for patients, parents/carers and other relevant agencies within and outwith the NHS e.g. Local Authority, including advice for Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs).
- To plan and prioritise allocated patient caseloads based on patient need and local models of service delivery.
- To continually develop own clinical expertise, knowledge and clinical skills to enhance effective patientcare through engagement with clinical and child safeguarding supervision and continuing professional development. This will bepromoted through shadowing opportunities within the team and relevant training opportunities as agreed with clinical supervisors and identified within the appraisal process.
- To undertake relevant audit andR&D activity as identified within the community paediatricteam.
- To contribute to service planning, improvement and modernisation where appropriate to ensure patient safety dynamic
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
- Professional registration with HCPC
- Experience of working with a Paediatric SLT caseload including direct experience of working with preschool and school aged children.
- Experience of working in a variety of community settings including clinics, homes, and educational settings
- Ability to work individually and as part of a Team.
- Knowledge of the full range of Paediatric Speech, Language, & Communication Disorders
- Ability to relate theory to practice
- Good organizational skills including well development time management skills.
- IT Skills
- Car driver and valid driving license
Desirable
Desirable
- Completion of relevant Post Graduate short courses
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
- Experience of working with children with fluency disorder
- Experience of working with children with voice difficulties
- Experience of carrying out online consultations.
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of using EMIS or similar electronic patient administration system.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
- Professional registration with HCPC
- Experience of working with a Paediatric SLT caseload including direct experience of working with preschool and school aged children.
- Experience of working in a variety of community settings including clinics, homes, and educational settings
- Ability to work individually and as part of a Team.
- Knowledge of the full range of Paediatric Speech, Language, & Communication Disorders
- Ability to relate theory to practice
- Good organizational skills including well development time management skills.
- IT Skills
- Car driver and valid driving license
Desirable
Desirable
- Completion of relevant Post Graduate short courses
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
- Experience of working with children with fluency disorder
- Experience of working with children with voice difficulties
- Experience of carrying out online consultations.
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of using EMIS or similar electronic patient administration system.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
