Advanced Speech and Language Therapist
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust
Advanced Speech and Language Therapist
£52809
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, Catford, Greater London
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 21 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 33b1c0559f8d457f9fc46162e74a121b
Full Job Description
- Working as part of the Early Years leadership team to coordinate service delivery for the clinic pathway, working with children under 5, and older children and young people who stammer or require support with their speech sounds.
- Providing highly specialist assessment and intervention to children across the borough of Lewisham, including running drop-in clinics and providing nursery visits as needed.
- Involvement in developing and delivering training to parents/carers, Speech and Language Therapists, education staff and a range of professionals.
- Working with colleagues across pathways, on service delivery, audit and quality improvement projects.
- Involvement in EDI workstreams with colleagues from the Therapies team (SLT, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy)
- Providing supervision and support to therapists and assistants in the Early Years team., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development 2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability 3. Improving the experience of staff with disability 4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development 5. Making equalities mainstream
This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated clinician who wants to further develop their skills and experience in clinical and operational leadership and providing supervision and support to therapists and assistants in the team.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata plus HCAS