Speech and Language Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare's dynamic and friendly team of Community Paediatric Therapists. We work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, early years settings and children and young people's homes and are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Therapist who can contribute a range of skills and experiences to our Speech and Language Therapy team.

Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively contribute to clinical teams to ensure well co-ordinated care plans and high standards of service delivery.

You will be familiar with both appropriate standardised and informal assessments and a range of intervention approaches to this client group.

Main duties of the job

To develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion within society.

We can offer:

robust team-based approach to caseload management and the highest quality service provision
a well-established network of support, clinical supervision and mentorship
a personal approach to induction, preceptorship and continued professional development including to fully achieve NQP competencies
collaborative working with a team of highly skilled, dedicated team of Assistant SLT's
successful partnership working with colleagues in Health, Education and Children's Services

We have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within the Trust.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Date posted

05 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6977560IO

Job locations

Child Health Centre

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
HCPC licence to practice
registered member of RCSLT
car driver

Desirable Criteria:

previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field
experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners

The post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential Criteria:

recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
HCPC licence to practice
registered member of RCSLT
car driver

Desirable Criteria:

previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field
experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).