Senior Speech and Language Therapist

The Doncaster and Bassetlaw Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and suitably experienced Band 6 Senior Speech and Language Therapist to be part of our innovative outpatient clinic service. They would consider the post as a Band 5 to Band 6 development opportunity for the right candidate. This exciting role provides the successful candidate with an opportunity to develop their assessment and therapeutic skills, working with children aged 2 years and above, who have speech and/or language difficulties . The successful candidate will deliver a speech and language therapy service for children and young people with speech and/or language difficulties within outpatient clinics in Doncaster . They will provide independent assessment and treatment of children as well as developing and implementing specialist programmes of care and treatment for individual patients with communication difficulties. They will be an integral part of the outpatients team, participating in the ongoing development of the current pathways and universal and targeted resources., The post holder will be required to:

• Be a senior clinician within their speciality of children's outpatients
• Provide clinical expertise in supporting the delivery of high standards of therapeutic care for patients within their care / speciality
• Manage own caseload and to provide a high standard of assessment, management, treatment and advice to meet the needs of patients.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in health, social care, local authority and other agencies to meet the needs of patients.
• Ensure the efficient and effective use of resources available within the team.
• Work with other members of the team in the development of the service.
• Ensure Clinical Governance is integral to service delivery within the specialty area.
• Represent the Therapy Team and contribute to the development of the wider Therapy service within Clinical Therapies.
  
  DBTH is one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it's our pledge to help youDevelop,BelongandThrive,Here. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.