Job summary
Continuing demand and internal promotion means we have more vacancies for dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Specialist Speech and Language Therapists.
We would like to recruit a number of Specialist Speech and Language Therapists who have proven experience of successful collaborative working with schools and/or nursery staff. You must be highly organized, have clinical expertise in paediatrics, and excellent communication and negotiation skills. The successful candidates will benefit from having experience in working in specialist educational settings and/or mainstream settings.
The BCHC Plus Programme enables schools and other settings to purchase additional therapy services, supplementing those provided under 'Core' services funded by local health commissioning, and specifically meeting individual school needs.
You will be working across the large and diverse city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with a wide range of speech, language, and communication needs.
Main duties of the job
You will work with a group of named schools as a trusted clinical member of their extended professional team, supporting children and young people to achieve their full potential. Attending your schools to an agreed regular schedule, you will provide Speech and Language Therapy services tailored to their agreed needs and outcomes using a combination of Universal, Targeted, and Specialist approaches.
If you are looking for a challenging role in which no two days are the same, we want to meet you. We need Speech and Language Therapists who can work well with children, young people, families and educational professionals, who is adaptable and innovative and who enjoys working autonomously as well as part of a supportive and friendly team.
About us
We value our SLTs within the team and advocate development and progression. We encourage our SLTs to contribute to service development, and we value new ideas and experiences. We offer a supportive working environment with access to specialist clinical supervision, and an emphasis on sharing good practice through effective team working. We work closely with our colleagues in the Core SLT service to share good practice, resources, and clinical expertise.
Access to reliable transport or means of travel is essential. The post-holder may be required to transport therapy assessments and resources on a regular basis.
Please contact Laura Adlington (Team Leader) to discuss the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europes leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to Be Part of Our Team and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails.
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europes leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to Be Part of Our Team and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- oA degree level qualification in SLT or a combination of qualifications equivalent to a SLT degree.
- oHCPC Licence to practice
- oFull Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area, e.g. AAC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a range of settings / in an MDT
- Experience of managing a mixed caseload across a number of settings
- Proven experience of working with school staff
- Experience of successful Multi-agency working
- Specialist management of a diverse caseload, providing support to others
- Experience of using AAC
- Experience of delivering training to other professionals
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Able to use evidence base to inform clinical practice
- Knowledge of cultural diversity
- Knowledge of National Curriculum and LA drivers for schools
- Able to develop specialist programmes of care
- Negotiation, clinical leadership, communication, analysis, planning
Desirable
- Able to write clear reports to a professional standard
- IT literate and able to use specialist programmes (e.g. Communicate in Print)
Personal qualities
Essential
- Prioritisation and reflective skills
Other job requirements
Essential
- Able to meet physical demands of role
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- oA degree level qualification in SLT or a combination of qualifications equivalent to a SLT degree.
- oHCPC Licence to practice
- oFull Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area, e.g. AAC
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a range of settings / in an MDT
- Experience of managing a mixed caseload across a number of settings
- Proven experience of working with school staff
- Experience of successful Multi-agency working
- Specialist management of a diverse caseload, providing support to others
- Experience of using AAC
- Experience of delivering training to other professionals
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Able to use evidence base to inform clinical practice
- Knowledge of cultural diversity
- Knowledge of National Curriculum and LA drivers for schools
- Able to develop specialist programmes of care
- Negotiation, clinical leadership, communication, analysis, planning
Desirable
- Able to write clear reports to a professional standard
- IT literate and able to use specialist programmes (e.g. Communicate in Print)
Personal qualities
Essential
- Prioritisation and reflective skills
Other job requirements
Essential
- Able to meet physical demands of role
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
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).
