Speech & Language Therapist Band 5 | East London NHS Foundation Trust
Amazing things are happening and you could be a part of it. Join our expanding team
Newham's Speech and Language Therapy service has some exciting news to share . Our team is expanding following successful joint commissioning of our schools service and investment of £1.4 million. We are looking for new SLTs to join our growing and supportive team.
Are you an innovative, creative speech and language therapist?
Do you want support as you transition from student to practitioner and sign off your competencies?
Would you like to bring your skills and ideas to help us deliver change and new services?
We have an exciting opportunity for Newly Qualifying Speech and Language Therapists to join our paediatric speech and language therapy team and be part of our new preceptorship programme. (Preceptorship is a period of structured transition to guide and support all newly qualified practitioners from student to autonomous professional in order to develop their practice further).
Within the Schools Team, the caseload is varied, split between delivering a core service and a buy in service into the schools. There are opportunities within pre-school, primary and secondary settings where we work in close partnership with school staff to provide a 3 tier model of universal, targeted and specialist support for children, young people and their families.Training for school staff and families is a crucial part of the service we deliver.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
We are part of a multi-disciplinary therapies team who work to deliver a high quality service for the children of Newham and their families. Within the Child Development Service, the team work closely with multidisciplinary partners such as Dietitians, Paediatricians, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapist and Specialist nurses,For full details please refer to the attached job description and person specification
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025