Speech and Language Therapist Band 6

To provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy Services to children with speech, language, and communication needs and their families within Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (Harrogate and Rural and Hambledon and Richmondshire areas).

Post holders will be based at Northallerton Child Development Centre with clinics at Thirsk Health Centre.

The post holder is a collaborative team member of the HDFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team within HDFT Specialist Children’s Services (SCS). This includes providing clinical support to Band 5 therapists as required and supervision to a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant as necessary.

• To independently manage and provide a specialist SLT service for children with speech, language and communication needs within HDFT SCS. The children are aged 0 to 19 years. Caseload management is carried out independently.
• To allocate clients, design therapy programmes and provide clinical support and supervision to a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.
• To establish and maintain the quality of the Paediatric SLT service through working towards best practice and developing clinical governance alongside the Team Lead SLT.
  
  

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust we provide ‘outstanding’ care to both our patients and our staff. We support staff through benefits, health and wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for personal and professional development.

• An inclusive and supportive culture – our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks identify areas for improvement.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise staff with our Making a Difference, Team of the Month Awards & Colleague Recognition Awards
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and fast track physiotherapy service for employees.
• Staff Benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Brotherton Job title: Team Lead, Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Email address: wendybrotherton@nhs.net Telephone number: 07770 733187