Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Poltimore, Devon

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Poltimore, Devon

  • Part time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 6 days ago, 11 Dec | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 4cc02b317ba24a39ad2139c17e72a560

Full Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated part time B6 Speech and Language Therapist . This 3 day a week role will be based at Okehampton Hospital and will be part of the highly supportive Exeter and Okehampton S< Team, delivering a community speech and language therapy service to children and young people within clinic and education settings., Manage a caseload of children and young people with Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLT's in the team

Work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day to day caseload management

Participate in the provision of student placements

Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead

Using a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and routine outcome measures

Promote and support participation of service users across the service

Participate in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.