Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - INTERNAL

Job Overview

This post is fixed term/secondment for 24 months due to service needs. We are looking for a passionate Speech and Language Therapist to make a real difference in the lives of children and their families. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Children’s Community Team within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) to work with children with speech, language and communication needs.

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Band 6 SLT to work 18.75 hours per week (0.5 WTE), based in Denscombe Community Clinic in Caerphilly. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

This post is a fixed term/secondment for 24 months due to service needs.

• Provide specialist assessment and intervention for children with a range of speech, language and communication needs including, but not limited to, speech sound disorder, developmental language disorder (DLD), stammering and voice.
• Work collaboratively with families and carers, school staff, and with early years practitioners to support speech, language and communication development.
• Provide robust assessment and evidence-based interventions to support ongoing speech, language and communication development.
• Work closely with partners in education, colleagues from other professions and families. You will have well developed clinical decision making skills to support children with speech, language and communication needs. The candidate will have clinical supervision responsibilities.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. We have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career, with integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff. We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes.

We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you  Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Essential criteria

• Speech and Language Therapy Degree. Registered with HCPC. Member of RCSLT. Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for client groups. Knowledge of specific assessment/treatment tools for clients with complex needs. Knowledge of clinical governance issues. Knowledge of national policies in Health and Social Care.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate training in teaching others. Postgraduate training in working with multidisciplinary and multiagency teams. Some research methodology/clinical audit training. Excellent knowledge of national policies in Health and Social Care. Excellent knowledge of validity and reliability of assessment tools. Reflective practice theory.

Essential criteria

• Significant postgraduate experience in specialist services. Experience of performing and analysing highly complex assessments. Experience of working with support workers/technical instructors, multidisciplinary colleagues.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with clients in a variety of settings and across agencies. Experience of running support and therapy groups for patients and/or carers. Experience of partnership working with other agencies. Experience of contributing to policy documents.

Essential criteria

• Team player. Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service. Resilience to emotionally demanding situations. Ability to accept standards of others.…