Speech and Language Therapist

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Job overview

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapists to join our children's community Speech and Language Therapy team to work with children attending mainstream schools. We welcome applications from newly qualified therapists.

Main duties of the job

You will be able to demonstrate excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills in order to maintain our exceptional standards of care when liaising with parents and both internal and external agencies.

Working for our organisation

As a team, we are always looking at ways to further improve the quality of our care and we encourage members of our team to share ideas for service development.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU:

• We have a strong support network for both clinical work and wellbeing. Wellbeing is a strong focus within our team and we strive to support each other at all times.
• We will provide opportunities to learn from highly experienced team members, including regular meetings and CPD sessions.
• We will provide both clinical and management supervision.
• We will provide opportunities for you to develop skills across a range of clinical areas.
• We have opportunities to access external training if relevant to your role.
• We have free onsite parking and business miles can be claimed.
• We will provide role essential equipment such as laptops.
• We support hybrid working with a mixture of working from clinics/schools and working from home.

Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In this role you will work in mainstream schools providing assessment and interventions to children who have speech, language and communication needs.

We welcome applications from newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy students who are awaiting final degree results.

We look forward to reading your applications. Please contact us if you would like to discuss the role further.

Person specification

Qualifications

• SLT degree or recognised equivalent
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Registered member of HCPC

Experience & Knowledge

• Clinical experience during training has been varied and must include access to adult caseloads
• Can demonstrate theoretical knowledge about communication difficulties in several client groups.

• Any additional work experience with members of the public
• Awareness of Total Communication

Skills & Attributes

• Apply knowledge to clinical experience gained during training and/or work opportunities.
• Demonstrate an awareness of Continuing Professional Development.
• Demonstrates good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically.
• Recognises the importance of team working
• Understands the principals of prioritisation

• Some computer skills
• Car driver
• Ability to produce own equipment using photocopier, computer graphics etc
• Ability to use video/digital camera

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy.
• Can convey ideas and information in a confident and easily understood manner, both written and verbal.
• Adaptable to a varied and frequently changing work environment.
• May be required to work in difficult, distracting environments and with very young clients and will require ability to give intense concentration.

• Awareness of the importance of reflection

Important Information

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.

For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.

We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Further Information:

Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.

Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.

Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.

Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.

Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.