Job Description

The Complex and Additional Needs Speech and Language Therapy team is a small team who are passionate about supporting people with complex needs, their families, their carers and professionals. We have well established and strong connections with our Health, Adult Social Care and Local Authority colleagues allowing us to work in partnership at all levels. We have regular opportunities for joint CPD and clinical support and supervision with colleagues in the Community Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy team. We can offer you a highly rewarding post which includes: Clinical supervision including support to complete NQP competencies, EDS competencies and be part of a bespoke preceptorship programme.Regular team meetings, peer support and supervision, clinical focus groups and the opportunity to attend Regional Clinical Excellence Networks Annual Appraisal In-Service Training.



Opportunities to contribute to Trust and Local Authority quality improvement work and innovations Opportunity to be actively involved in the design and implementation of the team annual planning Opportunity to work in partnership with other Health colleagues and Local Authority Services to ensure the highest quality of careOpportunity to work with the Regional Communication Aid Service (RCAS) when coordinating care and engaging in development workClose links with Newcastle University. Close working with Clinical Leads, Consultant and Highly Specialist SLTs in Dysphagia, AAC and Stammering in relation to evidence-based practice, innovation, audit and caseload management