Job overview

Community Children's Speech and Language Therapist 

We are seeking a motivated Speech and Language Therapist  to work in the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team covering the North Cumbria area

Working as part of an integrated team you will be required to work with children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs, their families and supporting agencies. 

You should have experience working with children and young people, demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a passion for delivering excellent care in the heart of the community. 

Women & Children's Collaborative, Children Specialist Services  provides community clinical services across Cumbria, including, community children’s nursing, Occupational therapy & Physiotherapy services, community paediatrics and Audiology. 

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the paediatric team, providing a speech and language therapy service for pre-school and school age children referred to the service.

To promote health and reduce inequalities for children, young people, families and communities, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health, education and social well-being.

To work as a member of the integrated team for children throughout the district to ensure high quality co-ordinated patient care using a Care Aims approach.

To accept an agreed range of patients and manage a delegated caseload, providing interventions in an appropriate environment, e.g. Clinic's, special schools and child development centre's.

You will work with children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs, their families and supporting agencies. 

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money wel

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much 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. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.