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Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
The closing date is 15 July 2025
We are excited to welcome Band 6 Children's Speech and Language Therapists to our well-established and friendly team. We have some vacancies with a range of opportunities across the team including; community clinic, complex needs and social communication difficulties.
We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities. You will develop leadership skills by providing management supervision to other team members. You will educate and enrich student learning experiences as a clinical educator. Evidence-based practice is embedded and CPD is actively encouraged. We work across education settings, clinics and children's centres with parents, carers, education staff and other professionals. If you are passionate about communication, innovative and keen to input to service development then we are excited to hear from you!
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Main duties of the job
* Take your place with us providing specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations to a range of children and young people with a range of communication needs.
* You will provide specialist assessment for children with a range of needs.
* You will assess, treat and review children in face-to-face appointments.
* You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health and education staff.
* You will have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
* You will work in clinics, education settings, children's centres and family homes.
* You will drive continuous improvement with your innovation and passion for developing new ways of working.
* You will have strong presentation skills and enjoy delivering training to the wider children's workforce about a range of communication difficulties, including developing, evaluating and adapting training packages.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Registration
* Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
* Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Essential Qualifications
* Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
* Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
Knowledge, Training & Experience
* Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
* Well established knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
* Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
* Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
* Experience of diagnosing language impairment
* Knowledge and experience of working with Alternative Augmentative Communication
* Knowledge and experience of working with children with Complex Needs
Skills & Abilities
* Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
* Good organisational skills and prioritisation skills
* Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
* Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
* Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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