Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
You will work within the NHS Tayside Children’s Speech and Language Therapy service as a Band 7 Highly Specialist SLT in Ninewells Acute Hospital. You will have an interest in quality improvement and leadership.
Your clinical role will be to assess and support babies, children and young people and their families with a wide range of speech, language and communication complex needs and problems, including a specific remit for children who are acutely unwell and/or have dysphagia. Your role will also include support and mentoring to SLT team members in this specialist area.
You will bring extensive skills, knowledge and experience in working with infants, pre‑school and school‑aged children and experience and understanding of how to support children with complex needs across a variety of settings.
You will also be involved in delivering training to the wider MDT as part of the service‑wide work at a universal and targeted level.
The work is wide ranging and includes joint work with partners in other agencies in the community.
You will join a supportive team where professional development is supported and encouraged. You will be based in the Speech and Language Therapy department in Ninewells but may be required to work flexibly across NHS Tayside in a range of settings and be willing to travel to a number of sites.
You must be registered on the HCPC Register.
Hours of work: 22.2 per week
Contact: Kate Fernando
Kate.Fernando@nhs.scot
Tel: 01382 346550
Contact: Jenny Nokes
Jennifer.nokes@nhs.scot
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Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
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