We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic Speech and Language Therapist to take on this exciting opportunity to cover a nine-month maternity leave cover within our clinic and outreach traded services across Bolton, starting in September 2024.

You will be working with children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.

We welcome applications from newly qualified therapists and experienced Band 5 therapists. You will need to have a recognised Speech and Language therapy qualification, HCPC licence to practice and be a registered member of RCSLT.

The successful applicant will be confident to work independently, have proven team working and communication skills and sound knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic intervention relating to the caseload. You will be supported to develop skills with working with bilingual clients as appropriate, to meet the needs of our diverse population in Bolton.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you will join our dedicated team of Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists and Assistants working collaboratively, with a range of professionals including 0-19 practitioners and education staff. You will work with a paediatric caseload with children within the clinic environment or on an outreach basis into schools.

You will need to be able to assess children using a wide range of informal and formal assessments provide verbal and written advice devise therapy programmes and be able to train parents and staff in different health and educational settings in the implementation of these and also provide written advice which could be used towards Education and Health Care Plan (EHCPs) annual reviews.

You will therefore need to demonstrate good communication, interpersonal, organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.

About us

We are an innovative team and ensure that individuals have opportunities to develop and contribute according to their specific talents and interests. Preceptorship and mentorship is provided to enable you to gain your RCSLT newly qualified competencies, if you are newly qualified. Clinical supervision is available from specialist SLTs and peer support is also available.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has recently been reviewed and maintained a 'good' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice. The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working independently as an autonomous practitioner as a member of the Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy team delivering a service to children with a wide range of communication difficulties.

Assessing, differentially diagnosing and treating a specified caseload of children with speech, language and communication impairments some of whom will be from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds. This may include working with interpreters and Bilingual Speech and Language Therapy Assistants to assess all languages which children are exposed to. Assessments will take place in school settings as well as clinic, and it is therefore essential that you are able to travel around the borough.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing advice for the statutory assessment and EHCP annual review process.

Liaising with, and training other health, education and social service professionals and to work in partnership with parents/carers and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high quality service.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Recognised SLT degree
• HCPC membership
• RCSLT membership

Desirable

• Relevant and recent experience

Experience

Essential

• Placement or working experience of a paediatric client group in a range of settings.
• Placement or working experience of delivering therapeutic interventions with a wide range of client groups
• Placement or working experience of working with different multi-agency teams/ variety of settings.

Desirable

• Placement or working experience of working in schools
• Placement or working experience of bilingual clients

Skills

Essential

• Good communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• Placement or working experience and knowledge of a wide range of formal and informal assessments.

Other

Essential

• Ability to be mobile across a range of settings - driving licence and car user.

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Breightmet Health Centre

Breightmet Fold Lane

Bolton

BL2 6NT

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