Speech and Language Therapy Training Therapist

Are you passionate about making a difference in children's lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our innovative Children and Young People's Integrated Therapies Service!
Your role:
Lead the charge in developing, delivering, and coordinating a core training program in collaboration with our local partners. You'll be at the forefront of:
+ Shaping whole-setting approaches
+ Pioneering early identification and intervention strategies
+ Creating a place-based model for addressing diverse therapy need
Core Training Offer:
Our core training offer is a vital part of our local offer, designed to:
+ Educate, coach, and upskill adults who work with children and young people (CYP)
+ Focus on improving speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN)
+ Empower the community to better support our CYP's development and well-being
What's New:
This role is part of an exciting service expansion! You'll work closely with a dedicated training therapist, leveraging additional investment to take our services to the next level.
Flexibility:
We value work-life balance! Remote/hybrid and flexible working options are available to suit your needs.

Main duties of the job
You will lead on the following activities, as well as carrying a clinical caseload in an area of your preference and based on your clinical skills:
Main Duties of the Job:
As a key member of our team, you will lead on the following critical activities:
+ Training Delivery: Conduct engaging and effective training sessions for various stakeholders.
+ Training Program Development: Create innovative and comprehensive training materials tailored to our parents/families, educational settings and team around the CYP needs.
+ Training Coordination: Manage logistics, schedules, and resources to ensure smooth program execution.
+ Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration: Build strong relationships with partners and participants to maximize program impact.
+ Continuous Improvement: Incorporate feedback from participants and stakeholders to enhance the quality and effectiveness of training.
Your Team:
Work alongside a multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Physiotherapists. Collaborate with external experts including educational psychologists and specialist teachers to ensure our training program delivers maximum impact., If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
+ provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
+ nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
+ regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
+ deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone .
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work - and invite you to join our BHT family.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
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What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.