A fabulous opportunity has arisen to work in our award winning team. The North Children's Speech & Language Therapy Service is part of MPFT & provides a service to North Staffs, Stoke on Trent, Stafford, surrounding areas. We also provide services to the University Hospital of North Midlands, as well as to a range of other commissioners in educational/care settings.

We are a nationally recognised team for leadership and excellence in prioritisation, developing universal and targeted approach and training. Our innovative Stoke speaks out www.stokespeaks.org approach has won 16 national awards. Our North Staffordshire Risk Matrix prioritisation tool has been shared with over 20 NHS services & we have a strong local & national reputation for high quality.

This is a specialist post with clinical responsibility for children in community settings & a special interest in DLD/SSD. The post includes screening, assessment & management of speech, language and communication difficulties of children with advice to settings/schools. There is a requirement for flexible working & a willingness to take on different responsibilities according to the needs of the service, including the provision of training.

The post is part of the Community Paediatric Team & requires an active contribution to team working & management of the caseload across the service as a whole.Flexibility to go where the needs are be proactive & solution focussed and ability to manage/cope with conflicting demands.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, diagnose and manage the communication difficulties of children in Health Centres and other community settings.
• To advise and support parents/carers regarding the communication difficulties of their children.
• To provide written programmes to support therapy as required.
• To work closely with the multi-disciplinary team as required to support patient care.
• To provide written advice to contribute to the EHCP assessment and review process undertaken by the LA for children who have or may have special education needs.
• To provide specialist clinical support and advice to Speech/Language Therapy colleagues according to experience.
• To provide mentoring for newly qualified Speech/Language Therapists and students.
• To liaise with relevant medical, nursing, social services, voluntary sector and educational colleagues either directly or through the clinically relevant Advanced Speech/Language Therapist in relation to own responsibilities.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent.
• Registration with HCPC.

Experience

Essential

• UK based experience
• Attendance at relevant clinical excellence networks DLD/SSD
• Supporting patients, families and carers in dealing with the impact of communication difficulties.
• Provision of training for parents, carers and staff.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of current Educational Policies including the Code of Practice, Statutory Assessment of Special Educational Needs and of Inclusion

Skills

Essential

• Flexibility to go where the needs are be proactive and solution focussed and ability to manage/cope with conflicting demands.
• Ability to manage time and caseload effectively.
• Ability to supervise Speech/Language Therapy students
• Working across community settings and have the ability to travel within the geographical area to meet requirements of the post.

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stafford Central Clinic

Stafford

ST16 3AQ

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