The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - School Age Children/EaH
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Experienced Speech and Language Therapist
We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our established school age team and support with the experts at hand delivery model for children with SEND. You will have clinical skills in supporting the communication needs and development of school aged children.
Our wider SLT staff work across a variety of inpatient and community settings. We also benefit from being part of a large SLT service which includes adult services and great admin team support.
We welcome informal visits and discussions about this role.
Responsibilities
This is a specialist post with clinical responsibility to provide specialist preschool and school-age assessment, treatment and management in conjunction with the Head of Service for Children. This will include planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the Speech & Language Therapy provided to children and young people (CYP) and their families within Wolverhampton on a day-to-day basis.
- The post holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary team.
- The post holder will work closely with the Team Leaders to develop and deliver services to children and young people, including as part of the Experts at Hand offer.
- The post holder will use the Trust values at all times as a framework for own behaviour and encourage others to do likewise, ensuring the values underpin all that is done.
- To provide SLT assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of Children and Young People (CYP).
- To ensure the delivery of highly specialist care to all CYP in Wolverhampton according to clinical priorities and as required by the Head of Service and operational managers.
- To provide leadership to the MDT around SLCN in a designated clinical area. The post holder will ensure that the service provided is CYP-centered, effective, and of a high quality.
- To maintain close working relationships with other health, local authority, and education professionals and referrers to ensure efficient, effective, and appropriate delivery of the service.
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About Us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute, and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
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We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Charlotte Shillito
- Job title: Head of Children's SLT
- Email address: c.shillito@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01902444363
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- Email address: p.tripney@nhs.net
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