Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 9 months (FIXED TERM / SECONDMENT)
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week (Equivalent of 3.5 days)
- Job ref
- 434-CR6039794-A
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Amersham Hospital
- Town
- Amersham
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Band 7
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
HIGHLY SPECIALIST SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPIST - SCHOOL AGED COMPLEX NEEDS & DYSPHAGIA
Do you have experience of working in the field of School-aged Complex Needs?
Do you enjoy working within a multi-disciplinary model of care?
Do you have experience of working with school-aged children who have eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties?
If you are answering ‘yes!’ to these questions, then please apply for this vacancy.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Speech and Language Therapist who is passionate about working with school-aged children with complex needs.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative team of therapists and therapy assistants, delivering high quality SLT services to children on Complex Needs caseload across a range of settings . The caseload is very varied and includes children with Down Syndrome, epilepsy, acquired brain injury and physical difficulties.
Multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention is integral to this post. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work alongside other health and education professionals to deliver assessment and intervention to complex children at a highly specialist level. Management of feeding difficulties across of range of settings will also be key part of this post.
Development of clinical pathways as well as training, support and mentoring of staff will be an important aspect of this role.
Experience of working in complex needs as well as competencies in paediatric dysphagia are essential for this position. The postholder will also require access to a car or ability to travel between county-wide locations.
CYP Therapies have a strong commitment to CPD and regular clinical supervision. Access to specialist training is available via internal and external courses, as well as mentoring, clinical supervision, attendance at regional and national CEN meetings etc.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council License to Practice
- Formal post-graduate dysphagia training
- Evidence of successful completion of significant specialist post graduate training
Desirable criteria
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses in signing e.g. Makaton
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short course in AAC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Competencies working within paediatric dysphagia
- Experience in clinical areas of low/mid/ high tech AAC at a functional level
- Experience of carrying out assessments and therapy with a complex needs caseload
Desirable criteria
- Experience as clinical supervisor
- Experience in delivering training/coaching to parents and other professionals
- Working knowledge of the mainstream education system
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Theresa drake
- Job title
- Clinical co-ordinator School-aged Complex Needs
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07767250057
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