The Community Speech & Language Therapy Service at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an innovative Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapists to join the team for a 12 month fixed term period (secondment will be considered) due to the maternity leave of the current post holder..
The post is to work into the Sefton locality with joint working across with Liverpool colleagues to support the implementation of our clinically evidence-based care pathways for children and young people presenting with speech sound disorders.
The post holder will work predominantly clinically with their own caseload as well as to support speech and language therapists and SLT assistants to provide good quality care to work towards achieving the outcomes set collaboratively with the CYP, their parents / carers and families.
There are also elements of service co-ordination, clinical supervision and leadership expected as part of this post
The post is based in the community, and so there is an expectation that the successful candidate will be a car driver and have access to a vehicle to enable then to travel to, and between various locations throughout the week.
If you are enthusiastic about this post, we would welcome your application.
The successful candidate will work with their colleagues to further the implement and monitor the quality of care pathways for children and young people in their highly specialist clinical area.
They will lead a small team of speech and language therapists to provide clinical supervision ensuring they provide a high-quality speech and language therapy service to children in a variety of community settings including clinics, schools and nurseries.
We are looking for candidates who can assess and provide a range of therapeutic interventions using their highly specialist knowledge to children in the aforementioned clinical area.
The team work collaboratively with other partner agencies and carers to enable them to understand the communication needs and to provide appropriate advice, support and intervention.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In
addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in
collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
Great flexible working opportunities
Discounted gym membership
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
To manage and prioritise a caseload of children and young people (CYP) aged 0-19, who present with speech, language and / or communication needs, primarily speech sound disorders.
To work with clients, their parents/carers and other agencies involved with their care, in a range of settings including community clinics, specialist and mainstream schools, nurseries, Children’s Centres and other community settings.
To use highly skilled assessment procedures to gather information pertinent to the speech, language and communication needs of the CYP.
To provide highly specialised written reports and verbal advice, including training relevant professionals and the families.
To lead a small team of Speech & Language Therapists and / or Assistants, providing clinical supervision.
To work with SLT colleagues to review the clinical pathways for CYP in their highly specialist clinical area.
