NHS
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
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Job Description
- Req#: C9197-25-0334?language=en&page=941&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
- Accountable to Therapies Manager
- To contribute to the School Aged team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working.
- To ensure that the service provided is integrated (within the relevant multi/uni disciplinary care pathways), evidence based and delivered in accordance with care pathways/protocols and responsive to the needs of the local population.
- To assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children and young people presenting with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties some of which may be highly complex.
- The post holder will hold an area of special interest within the profile of the clinical caseload.
- To develop, implement and evaluate specialist teaching packages within the clinical caseload.
- Accountable to Therapies Manager
- To contribute to the School Aged team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working.
- To ensure that the service provided is integrated (within the relevant multi/uni disciplinary care pathways), evidence based and delivered in accordance with care pathways/protocols and responsive to the needs of the local population.
- To assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children and young people presenting with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties some of which may be highly complex.
- The post holder will hold an area of special interest within the profile of the clinical caseload.
- To develop, implement and evaluate specialist teaching packages within the clinical caseload.
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Post graduate study relevant to the field or equivalent specialist advanced short courses
- Able to demonstrate post-qualification experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
- Able to demonstrate experience of working with schools and engaging them in interventions
- Experience of collaborative working with education staff and parents.
- Experience of training others
- Experience of supporting other less experienced staff/students
- Experience of working with Teaching Assistants
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Post graduate study relevant to the field or equivalent specialist advanced short courses
- Able to demonstrate post-qualification experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
- Able to demonstrate experience of working with schools and engaging them in interventions
- Experience of collaborative working with education staff and parents.
- Experience of training others
- Experience of supporting other less experienced staff/students
- Experience of working with Teaching Assistants
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to work as part of our School- Aged Team providing support for primary and secondary schools in Lewisham.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work, for part of the week, in a special school for children aged 4-16 with complex social, communication and interaction difficulties, including autism. For the remaining sessions there are opportunities to work in mainstream primary and secondary schools and in an SEMH provision. Why not call to discuss your personal clinical interests and how these could be developed within our supportive, clinically diverse and innovative team? This post would be ideal for therapists looking to further develop their specialist clinical and leadership skills.
The successful candidates will be highly motivated, committed to working in partnership, have experience of working with children and young people and their families/carers in school settings, be innovative, adaptable and able to work as part of a team. Band 5 therapists would also be considered for this post, with the opportunity to develop into a band 6 role.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Date posted
04 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum plus HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Term time hours
Reference number
197-RF6631
Job locations
Kaleidoscope
32 Rushey Green
London
SE6 4JF
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Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Kaleidoscope
32 Rushey Green
London
SE6 4JF
Employer's website
https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Kaleidoscope
32 Rushey Green
London
SE6 4JF
Employer's website
https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.