Job Description

We are excited to offer this opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist seeking to achieve their dysphagia competencies and interested in a career supporting children with complex needs. This post offers high levels of support to develop your competencies in these fields, including in-reaching into the Neonatal Unit. Please reference your interest in these areas of working in your application.



You will need to be committed to providing high quality care and support for parents, children and other practitioners who are supporting them, sharing your innovative ideas for service delivery.



The successful applicant will join a friendly team with systems in place for Newly Qualified Practitioners (NQP) and Preceptorship support if new to the NHS.



We need everyone to enjoy coming to work and to feel satisfied with the difference we are making. Our key success factors have been determined by the staff, and key performance indicators and the model of service delivery by the staff, partners, and parents of children with SLCN and EDS working together.



Career progression from Band 5 to Band 6 will be offered through the RCSLT competency framework. The focus for this role is meeting dysphagia competencies and those which support young children with complex needs



Professional Development Framework | RCSLT



Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.



To provide, with appropriate support, as an autonomous practitioner in Speech and Language Therapy, assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment for service users and to liaise with and refer on to other health, education and social care providers as appropriate.



To work as a member of the community service, contribute to its development and provide multidisciplinary functions (within the post holders sphere of competence) to service users in any setting required by the service.



To develop the post holders' own professional practice by keeping abreast of clinical developments and responding to available evidence.



To provide face to face/remote coaching, training, information and advice to parents and other practitioners.



Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.



Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.



Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.



Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.



These posts in Children's SLT provide therapists with the opportunity to work directly with children, families and education setting partners in the community, mainstream schools, early years, and in special schools, delivering both assessments and a range of interventions.



Please see the and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.