Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Deafness and Schools

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Deafness and Schools NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Speech and Language Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-WF014-25

Site Wood Street Health Centre Town Walthamstow Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum, Plus HCAS (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/04/:59

Joining means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.

Job overview

Are you a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role? At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

We are looking for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Deafness and schools team in Waltham forest, depending on experience and preference we can also provide opportunities in our pre school pathway.

This role is working with deaf pre school and school aged children in a provision. You will be working alongside Teachers of the Deaf and will create links with the audiology team.

Main duties of the job

As a Speech and Language Therapist in our service, you will deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and within the clinic setting at Wood Street health Centre. You will provide assessments including EHCP's as well delivering intervention and training to upskill school staff.

Working for our organisation

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

Person specification

• Qualified / Registered
• Experience with deafness caseload
• Knowledge of assessment tools, treatment techniques and therapeutic interventions

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Equal opportunities employer

We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.