Job summary
- Main area
- Children and Young People
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 18 months
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 277-7414848-CYP
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Erith District Hospital
- Town
- Erith
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 pro rata pa inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
The post holder will provide specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people referred to the service, with areas of clinical specialism in developmental speech disorders and developmental language disorder (DLD).
They will deliver intervention and provision to commissioned EHCP care packages. They will be part of the multidisciplinary team (London Borough of Bexley SEND team) contributing to the co-ordination and delivery of SEND services across Bexley. They will assess the need for, develop and implement evidence-based speech and language therapy interventions to children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties, including their areas of specialisms. They will provide specialist second opinions to other speech and language therapists /external professionals and support in the training and development of colleagues within the team. They will support outreach support to therapists working in other Bexley SLT teams - clinic, mainstream settings to support children achieve the best possible communication and mental health outcomes. They will provide group/ 1:1 supervision to Speech and Language assistants.
Main duties of the job
To provide an assessment, diagnostic and treatment service for children referred to the school aged service within the Borough of Bexley.
They will understand and meet professional and legal SEND responsibilities outlined in the Children and Families Act 2014 including contributing to statutory assessments of special educational needs and delivery of Speech and Language Therapy provision as specified in children’s Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). They will contribute to Trust, service and professional wide initiatives.
To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of speech sound disorders, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team.
To be responsible for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions.
To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of language disorders, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team.
To reflect on own clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of speech sound disorders, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team.
To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of language disorder which may include Developmental Language Disorder / Language Disorder associated with a bio-medical condition e.g., Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy.
To contribute to the formulation and review/update of clinical care pathways.
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice when appropriate. Written reports / care plans will be completely in a timely manner to service users and appropriate agencies.
To demonstrate high level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures. To be a source of expertise and hold knowledge of best evidence-based practice in a specialist clinical area that will be shared with other team members.
To monitor and review the progress of therapy programmes and care plans implemented and facilitate modifications of interventions/targets as appropriate.
To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload and workload management.
To adapt practice to meet individual clients’ circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
To maintain intense concentration in all aspects of patient management for prolonged periods. In particular, to monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client’s communication, adapting and facilitating according to perceived client needs including cultural and linguistic differences.
To ensure maximum involvement of the family / carer, education staff and other professional staff and where appropriate the client in the therapy programme. To provide therapy intervention as part of an integrated team.
To work alongside school aged educators and SLT assistants in delivering jointly planned programmes of intervention for speech, language, communication, and educational achievement.
To maintain and develop effective and innovative partnership arrangements with other agencies to ensure care pathways for clients are integrated.
To maintain a clinical caseload in accordance with priorities of service.
To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, voluntary sector organizations and parents / carers.
To respond to the requirements of relevant legislation by providing advice and a detailed report as part of proceedings including such as Education Health Care Plans, Individual Integrated Care Plans, Annual Reviews and transition planning.
To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seeks advice and support to resolve.
To supervise the work of newly qualified therapists, assistants/therapy support staff/administration, clerical staff, learning support assistants and SLT students.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualifications or Equivalent
- Registration with HCPC-Licence to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapist
- Evidence of successful completion of a range of short courses at post graduate level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience of at least 18 months for a range of paediatric speech and language needs in paediatric/school settings.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written, of complex information to professionals and carers.
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills at clinical levels.
- Fluent spoken and written skills in English.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Brightwell
- Job title
- Coordinator of School aged service& External Cont.
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02030040092
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