Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Complex Need & Dysphagia
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
The Barking and Dagenham Speech and Language Therapy team in North East London Foundation Trust (NEFLT) recently had a Business Case approved. This is a really exciting opportunity for us to continue to grow and develop as a team and provide an innovative and effective service to the children/young people and families that we work with. We have filled most of these posts and are now looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to help lead our Complex Needs and Dysphagia Pathway.
You will join a supportive team environment and be provided with robust personal development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
1. Co-Lead on the provision of Complex Needs and Dysphagia services for community paediatrics in Barking and Dagenham.
2. Work closely with clients, carers, families and professionals to raise awareness, knowledge and skills related to the range of strategies that improve feeding outcomes across settings.
3. Further develop your interests and skills in an area/areas of interest and expertise.
4. Contribute to both speech and language therapy and multi-disciplinary team working to ensure co-ordinated service provision.
5. Lead a small team of therapists and assistants working in your Pathway.
6. Provide supervision of colleagues and peer support.
7. Deliver comprehensive formal and informal assessment and make differential diagnosis on the basis of assessment findings.
8. Develop evidence-based intervention programmes, adapt and facilitate therapy according to client-centred needs.
9. Provide highly specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents/carers, education staff, multidisciplinary team members and other colleagues.
10. Be involved in the Service Development of the SALT team.
About us
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. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
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).
Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details about our vacancies.
Please get in touch if you think you could bring something to the role and are interested in joining our team (even if you don't meet all of the role requirements!).
Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
* Achieved Level C in Dysphagia Competency Framework
* Achieved Level D in Dysphagia Competency Framework
Experience
* At least 3 years experience working in paediatrics with clients who have a range of speech, language and communication needs
* At least 2 years working in paediatrics with clients who have feeding difficulties
* Previous NHS experience
* 4+ years of dysphagia experience
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
* Administering assessments, analysing assessment results and setting appropriate goals
* Delivering evidence-based intervention programmes
* Experience of working closely within a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of working in a transdisciplinary model
Knowledge
* Knowledge of NELFT Trust Values
* Some knowledge of Specialist Pathway and associated assessments and interventions
* Robust knowledge of Specialist Pathway and associated assessments and interventions
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.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
£46,148 to £52,809 a year plus HCAS per annum (pro rata)
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