Children's Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join a dynamic and forward thinking multidisciplinary children's therapy team, specifically working within our Language Outreach team.

This opportunity enables the applicant to manage their caseload in an autonomous way, bringing innovation to the role within a supportive network.

This post is suitable for a therapist with experience in the specialism or as a developing specialist post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder should be able to demonstrate paediatric experience and have an in depth knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and case load management. Experience within a broad range of clinical areas and experience of working with more complex cases with significant speech and language disorders is essential. This post gives an opportunity to work primarily with our 'language outreach' team. Consideration will be given to continuing development of other areas of specialism. There are opportunities for further development, training and CPD.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out morehttps://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev