Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7157139
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cedar House
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/05/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
We are delighted to advertise the following 2 vacancies in our friendly, innovative team. You will be joining a large team of 35 whole time equivalents in a diverse borough. We have a strong partnership with the local authority, and can offer you a range of experience across the delivery of interventions to school age children
We have a high retention rate amongst staff and will work closely with you to tailor make opportunities to develop your career. We currently have sessions available within the speech sound pathway and dysfluency pathways in addition to the role described below
We would welcome applications from newly qualified staff as well as staff with some experience and therefore would consider offering this post as a Band 6 or a Band 5/6 run through.
We would love you to come and join us.
This is what our team say about working for the Enfield School age Speech and Language Team:
'Supportive and welcoming team'
'Friendly, stable team. Open to innovation'
'Supportive management and supervision structure. I feel very well supported and always listened to.
'The management team care about your well-being and career development is at the heart of their priorities.
'Nurturing team where you feel like family!
'Excellent clinical supervision, very friendly supportive team. Excellent peer supervision, excellent safeguarding supervision. You will be valued, respected for your skills in every way.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a varied post, supported and guided by Senior staff.
Main duties of the job
Supporting children and young people with Education Health and Care plans who have a range of speech, language and communication needs, attending Enfield mainstream primary and secondary schools and in specialist provisions (Additional Resource Provision or special school).
Supporting children and young people and Education staff within special schools to develop facilitative communication environments and contribute to developing the curriculum to focus on communication everyday throughout the day.
The post holder will participate in CPD activities and will contribute to departmental meetings, clinical audit and projects.
They will deliver training, initially with a more senior colleague, to other professionals and parents/carers on all aspects of speech, language and communication.
He/she will participate in the training of Speech and Language Therapy students and supervise the work of LSAs/TAs.
Newly qualified therapists have the opportunity to be involved in a preceptorship programme.
Working for our organisation
We have a network of clinical lead expert speech and language therapists who will support you to develop your skills and knowledge and who provide training to the team.
We operate a buddy scheme, where you will be allocated a therapist who will support you informally and answer any questions!
If you would like to talk to existing staff and find out about their experiences working in our team we would be happy to arrange this. Please contact [email protected] and we will put you in touch.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the candidates pack that is attached to this job role for a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities.
In addition if you would like to discuss any further aspect of the role please contact [email protected] to arrange a time to discuss.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
- Registration with the Health Professions Council for Licence to Practice
- Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
Desirable criteria
- Car Driver/owner
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Confident and experienced in delivering training
- Able to construct clear care plans differentiating appropriate intervention types from a range of options, based on analysis of information from assessment
- Ability to write reports using accessible language and demonstrating clinical reasoning
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a Speech and Language Therapist or Speech and Language Therapy student in an Education setting with children who have speech language and communication needs at Primary school level
- Experience of working as a Speech and Language Therapist or a Speech and Language Therapy student in an Education setting with children who have speech language and communication needs at Secondary school level
- A knowledge of SEN and national documents providing support and guidance to schools on supporting children with SEN
- Experience of different intervention methods for children of school age
- Knowledge and experience of a range of methods of assessment appropriate for school age children
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates empathy with clients, carers and families often where barriers to understanding exist ensuring that effective communication is achieved to persuade and motivate participation in therapeutic activities
- Able to make own effective travel arrangements
Desirable criteria
- Car driver/owner
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eleanor Leeser
- Job title
- Joint Care Group Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 4553 7707
- Additional information
Yoyu can also contact Judy Sleat at [email protected] or by phone on 07777687096
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