Recruitment Open Day – Specialist Children's Speech & Language Therapist
Band 6
Main area: Speech and Language Therapy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible and any hours over 22.5 per week will be considered)
Job ref: 270-TF326-ACS-F
Site: Sudborough House
Town: Kettering
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/02/2025 23:59
Date: Saturday 8th February 2024
Event Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm
Location: Sudborough House, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7PW
Are you a Registered Speech & Language Therapist?
Would you like to find out how you can join a trust that cares as much as you do?
If so, we would love for you to join us at our upcoming Speech & Language Therapy Open Day, to come and meet the team and find out further information about the roles and services.
On the Day
Please complete your application online and shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview at the event on the day. Alternatively, please come along on the day to find out more information!
During the event, you will have the opportunity to meet some of the team and talk to our staff about working for the Trust. You will have a chance to speak with NHFT colleagues and find out more about Speech & Language opportunities and career progression.
Main duties of the job
Rewards and Benefits
* Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Career
* Flexible working opportunities
* Paid for DBS Update Service Subscription
* You’ll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays
Working life
As a Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist, you'll:
* Independently manage a caseload of complex cases
* Use evidence-based and child-centred principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate intervention.
* Provide timely S< advice, reports, and programmes to be integrated within the child or young person’s daily curriculum
* Utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go
The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients across Northamptonshire. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support the service and balance clinical appointments with other responsibilities and allocate significant time for intervention in every role.
Working for our organisation
Must have skills
You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident, and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills, problem-solving, and good judgement are crucial.
You will have an induction period with shadowing and joint sessions, as well as regular peer group supervisions if applicable.
Join us and become part of Team NHFT.
About Us
NHFT currently has over 5,000 staff who contribute to providing dedicated healthcare for our community, making contact with patients on more than 1.5 million occasions in 2017/18 alone.
We are currently rated outstanding by the CQC.
If you want to make an impact in your career in a role that cares as much as you, then we are the Trust for you! At NHFT we'll give you every opportunity to realise your full potential and develop the stand-out career that’s right for you. We are looking for somebody who is a proactive and dedicated team member, is open to new ideas, has the vision, passion, and skills to work for the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description and person specification located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health, and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work, or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Person specification
Skills
* Relevant post-graduate experience and CPD
* Effective written and verbal communication skills
* Detailed knowledge of a range of assessments and therapeutic approaches for a broad range of children
* Experience of working in one or more specialist areas
Experience
* Relevant post-graduate experience including working with chosen area of specialism
* Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Involving parents/carers in the therapy process
* Development, delivery, and evaluation of training
* In-depth experience of working with a range of different children, using a range of therapeutic approaches
* Experience of audit and service improvement
Qualifications
* Recognised SLT Degree or equivalent
* RCSLT member
* HCPC member
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Attendance at CEN/ additional training course to further develop learning
Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system. By completing an application, you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, including factual reference, occupational health clearance, and statutory and mandatory training records.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours, and part-time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need, and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three-yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly; the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position, then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Recruitment Team
Job title: Recruitment Team
Email address: smh.recruitment@nhft.nhs.uk
We would welcome any applicants considering this role to please contact us to discuss it further. We are an approachable team and would like to offer the opportunity to talk about our service and the exciting changes we are implementing. This can either be in person or via a Teams call.
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