Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for a dynamic Speech and Language Therapist to join our Community Therapies team. Therapists within the team work solo and jointly with OT, Physio, Complex Needs, and the Specialist Assessment Service (SAS - for autism diagnosis). We welcome applications from experienced SLT's, looking to further develop their specialist level paediatric skills.

As a Band 6 SLT you will manage and discharge children between 0-18 years, within a shared caseload system. Appointments are undertaken in clinics, educational settings, and family homes, appropriate for individual needs.

The service is developing a single point of referral and combined pathway for all services listed above. Your role within this will be to work with the Team Leads to further develop the school age pathway for children with SLCN.

UHB is one of the country's largest acute trusts and provides Multi-professional Preceptorship Programmes for newly appointed clinicians. You will also have access to the Trusts Professional Development and Education Teams, who drive our research activity with opportunities to join qualified colleagues studying at master's and PhD levels.

Flexible working is widely supported at UHB, to promote a healthy work-life balance for all staff wherever possible.

Main duties of the job

Assess, diagnose, and manage communication support of children in appropriate locations, referring onto colleagues for dysphagia needs.

Develop specialist knowledge within areas of clinical practice as service requirements dictate and as planned in annual appraisals. To raise the profile of the Speech and Language Therapy Team by networking regionally and nationally. Maintain accurate case notes and records in accordance with HCPC, RCSLT and organisational standards.

Distributing written reports in a timely manner to clients, carers and other professionals, as required, including under relevant Education Acts., such EHCPs.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of speech and language therapy issues, assessments, treatment procedures and new technology through a variety of Continuing Professional Development activities (CPD).

Organise own caseload and identify needs, bringing to the attention of the specialist or Team Leader, issues relating to clinical decision making or service development.

Support clients through communicative situations which cause them significant difficulties.

Cover for colleagues' absences, as directed by the Team Leader.

Able to meet the travel requirements of the post and be independently mobile and as such it is essential for you to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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