Job Description

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare's dynamic and friendly team of Community Paediatric Therapists. We work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, early years' settings and children and young people's homes and are looking for enthusiastic and innovative Therapists who can contribute a range of skills and experiences to our Speech and Language Therapy team.



Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively contribute to clinical teams to ensure well co-ordinated care plans and high standards of service delivery. You will be familiar with both appropriate standardised and informal assessments and a range of intervention approaches for this client group.



To develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion in society.

We can offer:

a robust team-based approach to caseload management and the highest quality service provision



a well-established network of support, clinical supervision and mentorship



a personal approach to induction, preceptorship and continued professional development including support to fully achieve NQP competencies



Collaborative working with a team of highly skilled, dedicated team of Assistant Speech and Language Therapists



Successful partnership working with colleagues in Health, Education and Children's Services



We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?



Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.



We have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within Northumbria Healthcare.

Essential Criteria:

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent



Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice



Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists



Car driver

Desirable Criteria:

Previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field



Experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners



The post holder will be required to work at sites across the Trust.