Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Provide assessment and therapy for pre-school and school age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties. Write concise notes, reports and programmes for children in order for family and education staff to support ongoing needs.

Support initiatives within the SALT service to maintain timely waiting lists and waits for therapy intervention.

Engage in and be pro-active in CPD activities in order to continually provide evidence based practice and intervention.

Support the team to continue its transformation journey to deliver an equitable and supportive service across the whole County.

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Education & Qualifications

Essential: - High Level of general education. Leading to entry to professional training.; - Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy.; - Membership to RCSLT

Desirable: - Accredited courses such as Elklan, POPAT, Signalong, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Desirable: - An awareness and understanding of the vision within the Experts at Hand SEND Reform White Paper

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of using manual signing systems e.g. Sign along