Children's Speech and Language Therapists
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Children's Therapies team in North West Kent has exciting opportunities for dynamic and enthusiastic Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists. The service provides Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Care Co-ordination services to Children and Young People aged 0-19. We have a number of Band 5 SLT sessions available on a permanent basis working in a range of venues and across client groups, including early years and school years, mainstream schools, specialist provisions and clinics. The posts are suitable for NQPs or Band 5s looking for support with progression towards Band 6. There will be opportunities for the successful candidate to work on a rotational basis spending 6-9 months working within each specialist area within the service such as severe and complex needs, speech, DLD, AAC etc. Some children are open to one discipline (eg SLT), but an integrated therapy approach is offered where the support of more than one discipline is needed. We currently offer a hybrid work pattern for staff with a combination of face to face and virtual working. We pride ourselves on the support and induction offered to new staff including: regular meetings with a line manager; access to clinical supervision; in house and external training. We offer regular clinical governance days where the whole team comes together to share knowledge, skills and CPD experiences. You will be supported by experienced clinicians from across Kent.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist you will:
1. Help us deliver 'The Balanced System', working with schools and settings to provide Specialist, Targeted and Universal support for SLCN.
2. Provide assessment (formal and informal as appropriate), plan and implement therapy interventions for groups and/or individuals in a range of settings.
3. Modify the interventions and programmes as appropriate, to meet the needs of individual children, young people and families.
4. Deliver standardised training packages as part of a package of intervention.
5. Work with key colleagues (ie Education and Health) in order to support multi-agency models of service delivery.
6. Participate in reflective practice and ongoing learning in order to continually improve the service offered by Children's Therapies.
7. Be committed to continually improving the patient experience by engaging in regular patient feedback mechanisms and encouraging service users to participate in shaping the service delivery.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves on being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered SLT; degree in SLT; HCPC
Experience
* Experience or placement in children's SLT; experience of working in the community;
Knowledge
* Knowledge of children's SLT professional issues including SLT in education; awareness of evidence-based practice within children's SLT
Skills and Abilities
* Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written); Ability to organise own work; Ability to cope with change; Ability to use own initiative
Personal Attributes
* Evidence of ability to work under pressure; evidence of being flexible and adaptable
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.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata
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