Employer: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Springboard CDC
Town: Carlisle
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/03/2025 23:59
Children's Universal/Targeted Speech and Language Therapist (Band 7)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
An exciting 12-month maternity cover opportunity has become available within the Children’s Speech and Language Team based at Springboard Child Development Centre, Carlisle.
We are looking for a highly skilled Children's Speech and Language Therapist to take on this fantastic developmental opportunity, working closely alongside Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy colleagues.
The successful applicant will be a key player in working alongside specialist colleagues around the county, collaborating with partner agencies to develop effective and responsive services for children and their families.
If successful, you will be required to travel independently, as the role includes visiting children in clinics, at home, and in school or nursery settings, as well as attending meetings and training at NHS bases around Cumbria.
The post involves assessing and providing advice and intervention for children and young people aged 0-19 years with a variety of developmental conditions.
Main duties of the job
1. To be responsible for the strategic delivery of the universal and targeted speech and language therapy offer.
2. Act as a resource for knowledge and current evidence related to practice in this area, including the National and County Wide Public Health Agendas and Early Years Strategy.
3. Share expertise related to key messages and model best practice with colleagues, families, and practitioners.
4. To undertake effective and holistic assessment of children referred.
5. To promote interagency work to ensure all children have appropriate language and communication opportunities.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we aim to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and offers a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria, we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy approved by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
* Registered with HPC.
* On-going membership with the RCSLT.
* Evidence of formal training/self-study/specialist experience to Masters level equivalent.
* Evidence of advanced postgraduate training in the field of specialism.
* Membership of specialist interest groups.
Experience
* Evidence of leadership skills - clinical leadership skills.
* Experience of delivering training to others (parents, other agencies).
* Experience of implementing own service development initiatives.
* Experience of working in a variety of community settings.
* Evidence of Leadership Training.
Knowledge
* To demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge across the full range of work procedures and practices, which are underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.
* High level of knowledge of current national and local strategies, clinical guidelines, and legislation relating to the delivery of speech and language therapy services to early years and school-aged populations.
* To have a highly developed knowledge of a broad range of specialist assessments as required.
* An understanding of the roles of other professionals involved in the specialist area of practice.
Skills and Aptitudes
* Highly developed physical skills where a high degree of precision, speed and high levels of hand/eye and sensory coordination are essential for performing real-time, accurate phonemic and phonetic transcriptions and signing to support speech.
* To use highly developed auditory, perceptual and observational skills, together with highly specialist knowledge, underpinned by current evidence-based practice to assess, make differential diagnoses, structure clear care plans and adapt practice to meet individual circumstances.
* To be able to use highly developed communication skills for communicating and understanding highly complex, sensitive and contentious information in a verbal or written form, where there may be significant barriers to acceptance and understanding, which need to be overcome, using highly developed negotiation, influencing, persuasive, and empathic or reassurance skills.
* Skills to lead and promote multi-agency and inter-agency working and collaborative practice.
* Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks and work independently to manage complex and highly specialised cases, using relevant policies and highly developed specialist knowledge to inform and make clinical decisions.
Personal Circumstances
* Full driving licence.
* Physical effort from Band 7 profile.
Other requirements
* Equality and Diversity (from KSF core dimension 6 - one to be selected).
* Support equality and value diversity (Level 2).
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: Catherine Knox Job title: Children's SLT Operational Lead Email address: catherine.knox@ncic.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07769282383
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: South Parkhouse Building
Baron Way
Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4SJ
Telephone: 01228936281
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