A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the multi disciplinary team providing the Children and Young People's Gender Service. This post will include assessment, intervention, case management and networking with local services. This post is based at Bristol Children's Hospital and there is the requirement to provide clinics in other locations.
Job Purpose
To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service for children and young people referred to the CYP Gender Service. The post holder will work within in a multi disciplinary team and have professional links with SALT in UBHW.
To provide highly specialist assessment of CYP’s communication strengths and needs in their functional environments.
To differentially diagnose and identify co-existing speech, language and communication need.
To provide recommendations and guidance for intervention.
To provide therapy to develop CYPs authentic communication style.
To champion the CYPs voice, keeping them central to the care they receive at the service.
To assess the CYPs communication strengths and needs in their functional environments
To differentially diagnose and identify co-existing speech, language and communication needs if necessary to support access to the gender service
To champion the CYPs voice, keeping them central to the care they receive at the service.
To work collaboratively with locally-based Speech and Language Therapists
To engage in governance activities including audit, outcome measures to ensure service quality
To work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary for assessment, formulation and intervention.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025
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