Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. inc. HCA (pro rata of full time)

We have sessions available fora Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in our growing Children’s Community Speech and Language Therapy team. We are a department that promotes Equality, Diversity and Belonging in our workforce and practice and value difference and welcome everyone.

We are a team of innovative, enthusiastic clinicians, delivering a range of Speech and Language Therapy services in partnership with parents, Health, Education, Social Services, Local Authority, Youth Justice Services and the voluntary sector working across Lambeth & Southwark.

We have a permanent role available in our Autism Assessment team.

The Speech and Language Therapy department provides focused and clinically driven services across the community (Lambeth & Southwark). Our aim is to ensure clear delivery and development of services for the specific populations we serve, enabling smoother transitions, enhanced skill development across the team and greater job satisfaction.

In the Autism Assessment Team: the role requires specialist knowledge of Autism. You would be working with the multi-disciplinary Autism and Related Disorders clinic team administering ADOS assessments, offering clinical expertise and writing reports. You would also be participating in offering pre-and post-assessment virtual and in-person parent/carer workshops and workshops to professionals. You would also be part of the Autism Network, a team of SLTs with particular interest in Autism whose role is to support CPD for the wider SLT team and further develop their own skills and knowledge.

As a team we are working to develop our neuroaffirmative approach to all our work with children/young people and those who care for and support them.

As a senior therapist, you will be expected to take on service development work supported by departmental Clinical Leads.

We provide separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities. You would: offer line management/clinical supervision (with support from Leadership) and second opinions to colleagues as needed.

The boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark in South East London stretch from Big Ben and London Bridge in the North, to Streatham and Dulwich in the South, with easy access to The South Bank and Central London.

We can offer you:

• Varied and interesting work with a diverse population
• A professionally led, data and evidence based service
• Excellent supervision and support, alongside a commitment to learning and development
• Separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities
• A range of training and shadowing opportunities
• Extensive range of hardcopy and online resources; including team-working applications, therapy applications, and online assessments
• Mobile working-access to a dedicated device (tablet/laptop/mobile phone) enabling access to Trust networks throughout your working day
• Support from a friendly and sociable team – including a team choir, craft and other activities
• Access to a full range of health and wellbeing activities within the Trust, e.g. sports and social club, swimming pool, Cycle to Work scheme, psychological support

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1. To provide highly specialist, autonomous clinical case management including highly specialist assessments and intervention, adapting practice to meet individual client’s circumstances, overcoming any barriers to understanding.

2. To assess, develop and implement highly specialist speech and language therapy intervention programmes to meet the needs of clients; adapting practice based on individual clients’ or families’ circumstances and outcomes, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.

3. To develop information, specialised programmes and resources for clients, families…