Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Band - SLT ASSISTANT ROLE

GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY SERVICES

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY

We are filling a vacancy in our team of SLT Assistants and offering a full
- time speech and language therapy assistant post (Band 3). The post holder will join our existing team of 10 SLT assistants to support the work of the SLT department. The role will involve delivering Early Years groups with an SLT or another SLTA in our local health centres and clinics. You will also be helping to deliver online parent workshops, preparing therapy resources for our Early Years team and entering data onto our patient record system. The role may also involve helping with administration across the wider SLT team. There will be an opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of communication development in children. We are also looking for someone who has an interest in helping to administer social media channels such as Facebook and You Tube for the SLT department.

We can offer you:

A department that is actively committed to diversity, equality of opportunity and elimination of discrimination.

Excellent supervision and support

A commitment to learning and development, including a broad and varied programme of internal training and shadowing opportunities

Mobile working supported by 4G enabled laptop/device and smartphone

Varied and interesting work with a diverse population

A professionally led, data and evidence-based service

Support from a friendly and sociable team - including a team choir, craft, book club and other activities

Access to a full range of health and wellbeing activities within the Trust, e.g. sports and social club, swimming pool, Cycle to Work scheme, psychological support

Interviews for this post will be held on 27/28 March 2024

Please see attached job description and person specification for details of the role.

Contact Susanna Keusch with any additional questions:
The Speech and Language Therapy department provides focused and clinically driven services across the community (Lambeth & Southwark).

Our aim is to ensure clear delivery and development of services for the specific populations we serve, enabling smoother transitions, enhanced skill development across the team and greater job satisfaction.

We provide separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities.

Main responsibilities:

Supporting clinical groups for children under 5.

Supporting administration of Early Years SLT team and other SLT teams for example: data entry, preparing resources, ordering resources, and various other admin tasks

There may an opportunity to lead groups with school aged students in schools.

See Job description document attached.