Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7468893-AHP-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St John's Therapy Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 7
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 SLT to join our community SLT team, working in our Mainstream Schools team. This role is ideal for people who are interested in developing their leadership skills at Band 7 level and contributing to the development of the service.
We are a friendly, supportive team who pride ourselves on our commitment to creating an equal and inclusive working environment for people of all backgrounds providing and evidence informed and based service for all our families. You will have:
- Experience of, and highly specialist skills working with, a diverse paediatric caseload 4-16 years old
- Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery
- Experience in developing and delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to special schools and/or resource bases
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team
- Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary
- Enthusiasm, imagination, and initiative
- Understanding of the neurodiversity framework
Main duties of the job
- To contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery within the Mainstream Schools team.
- To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills in an area relevant to the team you work in
- To lead/supervise others within the service and to act as a resource and support for other therapists working with children with speech, language, and social communication difficulties.
- To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children with developmental speech and language delays/disorders and social communication difficulties
- To provide line management to junior staff and SLTAs and participate in and provide clinical supervision and support as required.
- To work with parents, carers, school staff and other agencies involved in the children’s care as well as part of a multi-agency team.
- To work as a member of the community paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team.
Working for our organisation
The Children’s Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.
We have a range of working parties to ensure we are utilising best practice including:
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Neurodiversity
- Bilingualism
- Social emotional and mental health (SEMH)
- Supporting children who use echolalia to communicate
We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth’s children.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children with special needs in an educational or multi-disciplinary setting (e.g. clinic)
- Experience working with therapy assistants and delegating
- Experience supervising junior members of staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
- Well established knowledge of a range of standardised and functional assessment tools relevant to the client group
- Understanding of the neurodiversity affirming framework and how this applies to working with children with SLCN
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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
- Elise Dowell
- Job title
- Clinical Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208725 8042
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