Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist

Package Description

As a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team based in the SLT department at The Saltway Centre, Swindon.

You will feel valued as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• AFC Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Working for an organisation that has been shortlisted at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards in the Public Health Nursing category
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

Job Introduction

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to use their skills and experience within the field of children and young people providing speech and language therapy support to children and young people in Swindon.

You will be providing specialist speech and language therapy support to:  

• Preschool children in the local area  
• School-aged children and young people in designated education settings and clinical settings in the local area  
• Advising, supporting, supervising, and managing junior colleagues within the speech and language therapy team.  
• Sharing specialist knowledge with the wider team and relevant stakeholders.  

Enquiries can be made to:

Lisa Atkinson: Lisa.Atkinson@hcrgcaregroup.com

Main Responsibilities

Assessment and differential diagnosis of a child’s communication difficulties through the use of standardised assessments, reflection of auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a child’s communication, informal observation, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents and school staff  

• Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills   
• Skills in working with children with disabilities including making oral examinations   
• Specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgement/decision making for case management   
• Identification of appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness, and to develop and implement speech and language therapy treatment using information gained through assessment and to develop clear care plans based on evidence and the evaluation of outcomes
•  To produce reports reflecting clinical knowledge regarding patients’ needs and summarising proposed care plans for parents, carers, school staff, educational psychologists and the local education department and medical staff including paediatricians.  This may include production of reports for education, health and care plans  
• To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with speech, language and communication difficulties   
• To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in order to facilitate joint working to maximise the effectiveness of speech and language therapy input and engage children and parents in therapy  
• To adapt practice to meet individual patients’ circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences   

Please see the attached Job Description for the full list of responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent  
• Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice  
• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks  
• Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to preschool and school-aged children  
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits  
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and audit  
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group  
• Knowledge of the standards of record keeping  
• Ability to adapt own style – including observation, listening and empathy skills  
• Negotiation and problem solving skills  
• Excellent diplomacy skills  
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills  
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member including working with other agencies • Prioritisation skills  
• Well-developed concentration skills  
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal  
• Excellent organisational skills  
• Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically  
• Experience working with children with complex speech, language and communication difficulties  
• Experience of developing relationships with staff from other agencies/organisations and management teams  

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2