Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Speech and Language Therapy
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
Job ref: 395-BD008-25-A
Site: The Grove Specialist Community Health Services for Children and Young People
Town: Chadwell Heath
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 plus HCAS per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/04/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Redbridge autism assessment team. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to be part of our team and contribute to the future of our service.
Main duties of the job
* Contribute to the provision of Speech and Language Therapy and autism assessment in Redbridge.
* Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working to ensure coordinated service provision.
* Administer comprehensive formal and informal assessments and make differential diagnoses on the basis of assessment findings.
* Develop and deliver evidence-based intervention programmes, adapting and facilitating therapy according to client-centred needs.
* Independently organise, plan and prioritise your workload and caseload.
* Provide specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents/carers, education staff, multidisciplinary team members and other colleagues.
* Attend relevant training courses, meetings and Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs) related to autism.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post will include working as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a comprehensive autism assessment for children and young people. The post will also include working with the Speech and Language Therapy team, delivering high-quality Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions with autistic children/young people and their families.
You will join a supportive team environment and be provided with robust personal development opportunities.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
Experience
* Experience working with autistic children/children with differences in their social communication and interaction skills
* Experience administering formal and informal communication assessments
* Experience delivering evidence-based therapy and intervention
* Previous NHS experience
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
* ADOS-2 trained
Knowledge
* Knowledge of NELFT Trust Values
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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.
Name: Emily Coxall
Job title: Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
Email address: Emily.Coxall@nelft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07771 666542
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