Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
The post is a part-time (28 hours) fixed term position, to cover maternity leave for 10 months.
We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who is interested in working with families and pre-school children, particularly focusing on early identification of speech and language difficulties and working in a collaborative way with parent/s and carer/s using appropriate intervention approaches.
You will work as part of team of Speech and Language Therapists and Assistants providing advice and training to Early Years Providers and the wider workforce including Public Health Nursing and Social Care. You will provide a range of interventions to meet the aims and objectives of the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS), Pathway for Communication and Language within the Early Years New Delivery Model GMCA (Greater Manchester Combined Authority) and other relevant local strategies.
You will need to be able to assess children using a wide range of informal and formal assessments, provide verbal and written advice, devise therapy programmes and work together with nursery staff to implement these. You will also be required to work collaboratively, within a range of settings, with a range of professionals including public health nurses, early years support workers, nursery and education staff.You will therefore need to demonstrate good communication, inter-personal, organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
Clinical supervision is provided through joint work with other team members, team meetings, case note audit, clinical supervision sessions and through appraisals.
Please contact us if you are interested in this role. Applicants will have a recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification, HCPC registration, RCSLT membership and experience of working with a paediatric caseload.
We are an innovative team and ensure that individuals have opportunities to develop and contribute according to their specific talents and interests. Preceptorship and mentorship is provided to enable you to gain your RCSLT newly qualified competencies, if you are newly qualified.Clinical supervision is available from specialist SLTs and peer support is also available.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has recently been reviewed and maintained a 'good' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice. The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services.
Working independently as an autonomous practitioner as a member of the Early Years Communication and Language Development Service (EYCLDS) alongside the Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy team, delivering a service to children with a wide range of communication difficulties.
Assessing, differentially diagnosing and treating a specified caseload of children with speech, language and communication impairments some of whom will be from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds. This may include working with interpreters to assess all languages which children are exposed to.Assessments will take place in Family Hub settings as well as homes and early education settings, and it is therefore essential that you are able to travel around the borough.
Liaising with, and training other health, education and social service professionals; and to work in partnership with parents/carers and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high quality service.
This advert closes on Friday 21 Feb 2025