Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 7
Main area Speech and Language Therapy
Grade Band 7
Contract: 9 months (fixed term contract)
Hours: 30 hours per week (full time or other working patterns may be considered)
Job ref: 344-9951WCY-A
Site: The Beacon MASH - Folkestone Town
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Folkestone Children and Young People's Therapy team. We are a Children and Young People’s Therapy Service, recognising the benefits of integrated working with our Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues. We work out of three different localities: The Rainbow Centre in Ashford, The Beacon Centre in Folkestone, and the Children’s Assessment Unit at Buckland Hospital, Dover. Working with over 90 other therapists ranging from assistants, junior therapists to more senior specialists.
We encourage an evidence-based, outcome-focused approach to meeting the needs of our service users and have established the use of a patient-reported outcome measure (Canadian Occupational Performance Measure). This means we are now able to focus on functional outcomes rather than inputs. We provide assessment and intervention based on a child’s individual need regardless of their age (0-19 years).
Our modernised IT offer has allowed us to develop flexible working between office and home.
Our speech and language therapy service is delivered via The Balanced System approach for speech and language therapy ensuring easy access to the relevant level of support and intervention in accessible locations, keeping the child/young person and their family at the centre of all we do.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide support to children and young people as part of The Balanced System, working as a link therapist for a number of schools and supporting less experienced therapists with their role as link therapist.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries, please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Recognised degree in speech and language therapy and current registration with HCPC
* Registered member of RCSLT
* Practice educator training
Experience
* A minimum of 5 years working as a speech and language therapist
* Experience of working in schools
* Involvement in clinical audit/service improvement
Skills
* Advanced clinical reasoning skills
* Excellent organisational skills
* Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy
The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.
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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.
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