Specialist Speech - Heywood, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
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Heywood, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge.

Together, we've a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore.

If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
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come and take your place with us.

Job overview:


Main duties of the job:


Take your place with us providing specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations to a range of children and young people with varying needs.

You will assess, treat and review children in face-to-face and video appointments.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health and education staff.

You will have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills. You will work in clinics, education settings, children's centres and family homes. You will drive continuous improvement with your innovation and passion for developing new ways of working.

You will have strong presentation skills and enjoy delivering training to the wider children's workforce about a range of communication difficulties, including developing, evaluating and adapting training packages.


Working for our organisation:

Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Rochdale puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart.

Rochdale Infirmary, and the adult and children's community services across Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, consists of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors.

A place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:


Person specification:


Registration:


Essential criteria:


  • Health and Care Professions Council
  • Licence to Practice

Essential Qualifications:


Essential criteria:


  • Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
  • Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses

Knowledge, Skills, Training an:


Essential criteria:


  • Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
  • Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group.
  • Experience of diagnosing language impairment.
  • Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
  • Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
  • Good organisational skills and prioritisation skills
  • Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
  • Well established knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group.
  • Demonstrates ability to be a good team member

Desirable criteria:


  • Knowledge and experience of working with children with Autism
  • Knowledge and experience of working with children with Complex Needs

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Employer certification / accreditation badges:


Applicant requirements:


  • You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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