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.

These posts gives an opportunity to work with children and young people who have complex communication needs with a focus on developing functional communication. Knowledge and experience in the field of AAC and complex needs/learning difficulties will be essential. There is an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills within the successful candidate's area of interest. There are significant opportunities for further development, training, CPD and liaison with the wider multi-disciplinary.

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 (open to applicants in looking for, or in current, Band 5 positions).

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 within social communication difficulties is desirable.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in 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 more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev