Speech & Language Therapist Band 5-6 development post | 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 -6 Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join our friendly and supportive team in the North London Forensic Service.
This post will involve working on our medium and low secure inpatient wards in Enfield with an emphasis on working on the secure wards for people with a mild learning disability and mental health disorders. It will also involve some work in community teams alongside another SLT
This is a new post and will require a flexibility of working according to fluctuating and developing needs of the service. It will provide excellent opportunities for professional development.
The successful applicant will be supported to work within multidisciplinary teams. They will be responsible for assessment and management of individuals with a range of communication needs including mild/moderate learning disability, autistic spectrum disorder and/or a mental health condition impacting upon communication.They will offer advice, training and consultation to non-speech and language therapy colleagues.
A willingness to embrace the challenges of working within environments with a diverse and disadvantaged client groups will be required. Strong engagement skills are important, as is the ability to work well with other professionals.
There will be regular professional supervision and support from a qualified speech and language therapist and regular opportunities to meet with colleagues from the SLT team within the wider forensic service.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
We welcome applications from newly qualified SLTs (B5s) or experienced SLTs (B6) who wish to establish a specialism in learning disability and forensic mental health. As a B5 SLT you will be supported in your development by the highly specialist SLT and Clinical Lead SLT and eligible to move to B6 pay scale following completion of preceptorship competencies within an agreed timescale.
This advert closes on Monday 10 Mar 2025