We are offering an exciting opportunity to work within the Community Paediatric SLT service of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust on a permanent 0.8wte basis. This opportunity is aimed at those who are interested in developing their skills as an Assistant Speech and Language Therapist within our locality teams. You will be working with Speech and Language Therapists and other ASLTs to successfully deliver on our service vision, values and objectives.
This role will appeal to dynamic, motivated individuals who are committed to delivering the highest quality service for children and young people with a broad range of speech, language and communication needs. You will have a keen interest in continuing professional development and be passionate about improving the quality of specific intervention and support for children, their families and partner agents.
Excellent organisational and time management skills are essential along with developed interpersonal skills.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
To assist Speech and Language Therapists to develop and improve communication skills of children and young people in a given location, through direct intervention, liaison and joint working with parents/carers and partners across agencies, to maximise their potential, reduce risk and enable their maximum participation and integration into society.
To implement and modify evidence based therapeutic approaches to meet the defined intervention needs of children within a variety of contexts.
To be accountable for own professional actions.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

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