East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist
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We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our supportive and dynamic team on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave until 27th August 2027.
This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified or early-career therapist to develop their clinical skills within a well-established service, working predominantly within the school aged service.
The Role Will Need You To
- Assess, diagnose, and manage a varied caseload of patients with speech, language, and communication needs
- Deliver evidence-based interventions in line with best practice
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, families, carers, and external agencies
- Maintain accurate clinical records and reports
- Participate in service development and team meetings
You Will Need To Have
- Degree (or equivalent) in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered with the HCPC (or eligible for registration)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Commitment to continuing professional development
We Will Offer
- A supportive and friendly working environment
- Regular supervision and mentoring
- Opportunities for training and professional development
- Flexible working options (where possible)
- Providing high quality, child-centred care for children on community SLT caseloads from 0-19 years.
- Working with the clinical leads and other members of the team to develop, change and improve service delivery.
- To work in collaboration with other professionals and agencies to provide holistic care to the children under the speech and language therapy service (Schools, preschool/nursery settings, Family Hubs).
- Developing strong relationships with schools in order to support settings in their awareness of, confidence in and implementation of Universal and Targeted levels of support.
- Delivering direct Specialist level support and interventions within schools.
- Supporting non-qualified staff and students working within the team.
- Providing specialist knowledge and skills within relevant clinical area.
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We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
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Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen King
- Job title: Clinical Lead-Speech and Language Therapy
- Email address: helen.king@esneft.nhs.uk
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