Specialist Children and Young 's Speech and Language Therapist

Overview

A Vacancy at Dorset Health Care University NHS Foundation Trust.

The Dorset Children and Young People s Speech and Language Therapy Service is seeking enthusiastic, forward thinking, team players to join our friendly and supportive team of speech and language therapists. Would you like to develop your specialist skills working with a varied client group which includes children and young people (0-19) with Developmental Language Disorder, Dysfluency, Selective Mutism, Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia, Autism Spectrum Condition, Complex Needs, Speech Disorder and Speech and Language delay?

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 therapist post in the Poole team. We are looking for therapists with some experience who would like to build on their skills with a new challenge. The role will involve working within mainstream schools and clinics, which are part of the community caseload, including:

• Providing specialist clinical care including: assessment, diagnosis, and interventions for a mixed community caseload; and working in schools, pre-schools, clinics, and homes.
• Taking a lead in caseload management for the clinic and supporting junior colleagues.
• Providing a high quality person centred approach to care delivery which always considers people s safety, privacy and dignity.
• Providing specialist care and interventions, assessments, treatments and managing patients on a caseload, as part of the wider multi-disciplinary care team.
• Providing specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients / service users.
• Devising specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensuring they are delivered appropriately.
• Planning, implementing and reviewing health improvement programmes in a range of settings.
• Providing supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students and trained practitioners.

• Band 6 therapist post with some experience; suitable for Band 6 and for Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists who can demonstrate growing skills in a specialist area.
• Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.
• Experience working in clinics, mainstream schools and community settings is desirable.

You will receive regular management from your team lead as well as peer and 1:1 clinical supervision. You will have access to a range of clinical lead specialists for advice and guidance. There are excellent opportunities to access formal and informal training. New initiatives are always welcome and taken forward within the context of our transformation work to The Balanced System.

We do things differently here – it s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people.

We re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that using AI can be a useful and supportive tool when completing your application. However, we have also seen an increase in the over-reliance of AI tools which is negatively impacting applications as they remove candidate’s individuality, and it becomes much harder to get a sense of who you are and your authentic experience. If you do use AI, it should be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety.

If we suspect you have used AI to create your supporting statement and this does not match your experience, we may withdraw your application.

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Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

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