Job Description

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative therapist to join the Greenwich School Years (mainstream) Speech and Language Therapy team for a 1 year maternity cover post. The team is part of the Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies Service, delivering services to children and young people within the Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG). You will be part of a large and supportive team comprising of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants and a well resourced admin team.



You will have responsibilities, alongside the Service Leads, Principal Therapists and fellow Highly Specialist Therapists, in providing expertise and leadership to the wider team, including in the specialist clinical area of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).



The service has excellent internal supervision and support structures and provides a friendly environment to develop clinical skills, line management experience and strategic initiatives.

As the post holder you will:

Independently manage a caseload whilst utilising knowledge and skills of colleagues



Have opportunity to refine both Specialist assessment and management of children and young people with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and/or ASD



Work as part of an integrated team with internal and external colleagues



Support parent/carers and children/young people in all issues related to clinical care



Be a source of clinical expertise, providing advice and second opinions within the team



Supervise colleagues and provide appraisals



Be a member of the service leadership team and lead on service improvements including QI project



Provide team leadership and strategic direction for therapists working in ASD LARPs (Local Authority resourced Provisions)



Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.



We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.



Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:



We're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care



Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details of the role and responsibilities.



The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a large and culturally diverse London borough with over 90 different languages spoken. Greenwich has good transport links both within the borough and into the city centre.



Oxleas is an multiple award winning trust and as a highly valued employee you will have the opportunity to access a range of networks and resources including;



Black and Minority Ethnic network



Disability Action Group



LGBTQ+ network



Lived Experience Network



Women's network



Mental Health network