Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Pre-school and Autism | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust - ref. q3730323
Are you a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role?
At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.
We are looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our pre-school and Social Communication Clinic team.
Waltham Forest is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website – www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk.
Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to children, young people and their families.
As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in our service, you will deliver care to children and their families in our clinic setting.
You will be working within our well-established, supportive and dynamic Pre-school Team, here you will lead on initial assessments for the team as well as completing initial assessments and intervention blocks.
You will also be a part of the autism diagnostic team in our Social and Communication Clinic, here you will work alongside the MDT team including paediatricians, educational psychology and psychology in clinic assessing children under five with social communication differences.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area SupplementThis post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15%.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
This advert closes on Friday 4 Oct 2024