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Speech and Language Therapist
Grade
Band 5
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term 12 Months)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 08:30-16:30 with a 30 minute break)
Job ref
844-7361896-A
Employer
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Highfield Centre, Victoria Central Health Centre
Town
Wallasey
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Speech and Language Therapist

Band 5

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

 

Job overview

We are looking for fixed term Speech and Language Therapists to join our children's community Speech and Language Therapy team to carry out assessment and intervention for children who have an EHCP.

Main duties of the job

As a valued member of the team, you will manage a demanding but rewarding workload in order to provide an efficient and effective service.  You will be a confident, self-directed individual with a strong team focus as well as being able to work independently when required.  You will be able to demonstrate excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills in order to maintain our exceptional standards of care when liaising with parents and both internal and external agencies.

 

Working for our organisation

As a team, we are always looking at ways to further improve the quality of our care and we encourage members of our team to share ideas for service development.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU:

  • We have a strong support network for both clinical work and wellbeing. Wellbeing is a strong focus within our team and we strive to support each other at all times.
  • We will provide opportunities to learn from highly experienced team members, including regular meetings and CPD sessions.
  • We will provide both clinical and management supervision.
  • We will provide opportunities for you to develop skills across a range of clinical areas.
  • We have opportunities to access external training if relevant to your role.
  • We have free onsite parking and business miles can be claimed.
  • We will provide role essential equipment such as laptops.
  • We support hybrid working with a mixture of working from clinics/schools and working from home.

 

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas. As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In this role you will work in a variety of settings providing assessment and interventions to children who have speech, language and communication needs. 

We welcome applications from newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy students who are awaiting final degree results.

We look forward to reading your applications.  Please contact us if you would like to discuss the role further.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • SLT degree or recognised equivalent
  • Registered member of RCSLT
  • Registered member of HCPC

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Clinical experience in adult clients with communication and/or swallowing disorders
  • Can demonstrate theoretical knowledge about communication difficulties in several client groups
Desirable criteria
  • Additional work experience with members of the public
  • Awareness of total communication
  • Knowledge of the local area

Skills & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Can apply knowledge to clinical experience
  • Demonstrate awareness of Continuing Professional Development
  • Demonstrate good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
  • Computer skills
  • Access to own transport for work purposes
Desirable criteria
  • Understands and can use the principles of prioritisation

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy
  • Can convey ideas and information in a confident and easily understood manner, both written and verbal
  • Adaptable to a varied and frequently changing work environment.
  • Understand the difficulties of working in a distracting environment, with challenging clients and where intense levels of concentration are required
  • Demonstrate ability to be a good team member
  • Able to relate the values of the organisation to everyday practice
  • Excellent organisational skills.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldHSJ Best places to workArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Gallagher
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01515142334
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