Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

at  NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

The Barking and Dagenham Speech and Language Therapy team has recently had a Business Case approved, which means we’ve got funding for 4 new Band 7 posts! This is a really exciting opportunity for us to continue to grow and develop as a team and provide an innovative and effective service to the children/young people and families that we work with. We are open to offering this position as a developing Band 6-7 post.
The Speech and Language Therapy service provides support to children/young people in a range of settings, including nurseries/schools, clinics, homes and ARPs. We have a range of specialist pathways, including; Deafness, Dysphagia/Feeding, Stammering, Speech Sound Disorders, Developmental Language Disorder, Autism and Social Communication and Complex Needs.
We are looking for 4 enthusiastic individuals to join the team as a Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. There are opportunities across our pathways and you will be responsible for leading in these pathways within primary schools. In return, you will join a supportive team environment and be provided with robust personal development opportunities.
Salary for band 7 is £43,742 to £50,056
Salary for band 6 is £35,392 to £42,618
Contribute to the provision of Speech and Language Therapy services in Barking and Dagenham.
Lead a small team of therapists and assistants working in your Pathway.
Provide highly specialist support within your specific pathway within Barking and Dagenham.
Administer comprehensive formal and informal assessments and make differential diagnoses on the basis of assessment findings.
Develop and deliver evidence-based intervention programmes, adapting and facilitating therapy according to client-centred needs.
Independently organise, plan and prioritise your workload and caseload.
Provide highly specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents/carers, education staff, multidisciplinary team members and other colleagues.
Be involved in the Service Development of the SALT team
Attend relevant training courses, meetings and Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs) related to your specialism.
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 in 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 Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary with a minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum (pro rata).
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details about our vacancies.
Please get in touch if you think you could bring something to the role and are interested in joining our team (even if you don’t meet all of the role requirements!)
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability

Please refer the Job description for details