The Health, Wellbeing and Care Hub is established with the support of NHS England and in collaboration with our regional NHS Integrated Care Boards as a centre of excellence in health and care-related research and workforce development. It is an exciting, state of the art, research facility in a clinical setting, which will help transform health, wellbeing and care in the region and strengthen our connection with the community and our sector partners.
A range of community-facing services, student placement opportunities, workforce development, training and research will be offered in a variety of settings through the Hub, both on the Campus and in the community.
We are seeking two passionate and enthusiastic Specialist/Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapists to cover a 1FTE combined post. The applicants will have expertise and experience in working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties or adults with acquired language and communication disorders.
Come and join our friendly and highly skilled multidisciplinary team working within the new, innovative Health, Wellbeing and Care Hub at the University of Essex. These posts offer varied and exciting new opportunities and have been created to extend and enhance the delivery of speech and language therapy services from the Hub and within the local area. The successful candidates will work as part of our MDT and actively engage in service planning, with the aim of delivering evidenced-based interventions that benefit the children and adults in our care. They will also focus on workforce development, offering high quality practice placements and clinical supervision, and contribute to the assessment of students on clinical placement within the Hub including SLT students and wider MDT professions, developing the future workforce through creative and innovative opportunities.
The roles will provide experience in working within an MDT, delivering care to children or adults with a range of speech, language and communication presentations, as well as offering regular CPD opportunities and personal development with a focus on wider workforce development.
Main duties of the job:
* Provide assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic interventions to children or adults with developmental and acquired communication and swallowing disorders, using evidence-based practice.
* Plan, implement and evaluate treatments, and work closely with other disciplines in devising joint-working programmes for children, adults, families, carers and groups.
* Liaise with relevant care professionals and agencies, and external partners.
* Develop clinical educator and supervision skills, and provide high-quality clinical placement opportunities for student practitioners at the University of Essex.
Please note, the successful candidate will be appointed to the post of Lecturer.
This post is fixed term until 31 December 2026.
For these posts, the part-time working hours are 18 hours per week (0.5FTE). However, there may flexibility on the hours, whether higher or lower than 18 hours per week, which will be considered at interview.
Please state your preferred working hours per week and available days within your application, so we can consider your request.
A full list of duties can be found within the job pack attached.
Qualifications required
The successful candidate will have professional experience or practice equivalent to relevant doctoral level research degree or have or be close to completion of PhD.
You will also possess Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy or the ability to gain professional recognition at this or a higher level if appropriate. A HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist is also essential for this post.
The University of Essex is a campus based University and all academic appointments are made with the expectation that you will be present on campus to fulfil the requirements of your position. At the time of a job offer, the possibility of hybrid working, will be discussed and considered on an individual basis, but you will be required to be based within the UK.
At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.
Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone the Resourcing Team (01206 876559).
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