Job summary
Why
might this job interest you?
Are you an experienced Band 6 Speech and
Language Therapist looking for a new opportunity? North London NHS Foundation
Trust are seeking a talented Speech and Language Therapist to join a welcoming
and highly regarded team for a temporary placement.
Main duties of the job
North London NHS Foundation Trust believe that by working together, the Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and their patients than they can by working apart, transforming and creating a positive environment for their service users, staff and visitors. They develop and retain their staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities and promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. They also have excellent internal staff network support groups.
If youre passionate about making a difference in Speech and Language Therapy and working within a dynamic, forward-thinking team, wed love to hear from you!
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role you will:
-
You will provide
Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy, as well as SLAs for Dietetics
and Podiatry and work in collaboration with established teams.
-
You will evaluate, modify,
and implement interventions using highly developed clinical reasoning, critical
thinking, and problem-solving skills to ensure safe, effective treatment plans
that align with best-practice evidence, service users needs, and family choice.
-
You will utilise
highly specialist knowledge and skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, and
management to services users with physical health presentations.
-
You will take
responsibility for all aspects of speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis and management of service users
with Mental Health conditions to their needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role you will:
-
You will provide
Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy, as well as SLAs for Dietetics
and Podiatry and work in collaboration with established teams.
-
You will evaluate, modify,
and implement interventions using highly developed clinical reasoning, critical
thinking, and problem-solving skills to ensure safe, effective treatment plans
that align with best-practice evidence, service users needs, and family choice.
-
You will utilise
highly specialist knowledge and skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, and
management to services users with physical health presentations.
-
You will take
responsibility for all aspects of speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis and management of service users
with Mental Health conditions to their needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- What youll need and be able to provide evidence for:
- -You must possess a degree-level professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
- -You will have taken part in high level post-graduate courses in related area of expertise.
- -You will be a Registered member of RCSLT and HCPC
- -You must have demonstrable Experience of working within multi-professional therapy teams, including with service users who have mental health presentations.
- -You must have extensive post-grad experience of managing complex caseloads in acute settings.
- -You must be able to work across and travel between partnership sites as required
- -You will have undertaken previous experience in managing people with dysphagia.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- What youll need and be able to provide evidence for:
- -You must possess a degree-level professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
- -You will have taken part in high level post-graduate courses in related area of expertise.
- -You will be a Registered member of RCSLT and HCPC
- -You must have demonstrable Experience of working within multi-professional therapy teams, including with service users who have mental health presentations.
- -You must have extensive post-grad experience of managing complex caseloads in acute settings.
- -You must be able to work across and travel between partnership sites as required
- -You will have undertaken previous experience in managing people with dysphagia.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
