Speech and Language Therapist

This posts offer an exciting opportunity to join Milton Keynes Speech and Language Therapy Team, a highly skilled and motivated team within a new and evolving children's service. The Speech and Language Therapy service has a strong reputation in the delivery of evidence-based practice and ongoing, data-driven service development, and provides a supportive environment in which you can develop your skills.
The team benefits from being part of the wider Central and North West London NHS Trust Speech and Language Therapy team, which offers wider development and networking opportunities.
The Early Years Complex Needs Team is well established and provides assessment and support to young children and families. There is an emphasis on evidence-based service delivery, with the support to associate practitioners and coaching parents and carers central to the work. There is strong multi-disciplinary working with our paediatricians.
We would be very interested to hear from Speech and Language Therapists with strong clinical skills, a reflective, flexible approach and a strong commitment to the delivery and ongoing development of the service.
Interview date: Wednesday 4^th September and Monday 9^th September., + To deliver culturally responsive, functional assessment of communication needs
+ To work collaboratively with children, families and others to discuss assessment findings, and develop and support the achievement of functional communication goals relevant to the educational and social contexts
+ To work closely with our paediatricians, associate practitioners and wider multidisciplinary team
+ To participate in service development
+ To undertake other duties, as requested by the line manager to ensure the efficient, effective running of the SLT Service, We are a friendly and supportive team of Speech and Language Therapists and Associate Practitioners, with a passion for delivering child focused therapy to improve the lives of our patients. We believe that the highest quality care is evidenced based, innovative when needed, and centred around the needs of the people we work with.
We have regular individual and group supervision, and share ideas and learning in our team meetings.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings., + To work collaboratively with children, families and others to discuss assessment findings, and develop and support the achievement of functional communication goals relevant to the educational and social contexts.
+ To work collaboratively with other professionals - for example, Speech and Language Associate Practitioners and Health Visitor colleagues.
+ To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines.
+ To gather activity data accurately and regularly, ensuring the provision of such information promptly within local Trust guidelines, to enable ongoing evaluation of the service.
+ To learn to recognise professional boundaries, through regular supervision.
+ To recognise when seek advice/support to maintain good working relationships.
+ To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists professional standards and local trust policies.
+ To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained - including equipment loaned to clients.
+ To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.