Speech and Language Therapist - London, United Kingdom - Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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The Hounslow Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT)

Service is excited to offer an opportunity to work on a rotation basis through our three teams:
preschool, mainstream schools and specialist centres. We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 SLTs wanting to gain a broad range of experience.


We work as multidisciplinary team with allied health professionals, education settings, to provide high quality care to children with a range of speech, language and communication needs and their families.


We are a friendly and experienced team that offer:

  • CPD opportunities
  • A professional development infrastructure including Champion Roles (e.g. Bilingualism, DLD, Student Placements), regular whole team meetings including an inhouse continuing professional development training plan.
  • A comprehensive supervision and appraisal structure
  • A team of highly skilled, supportive colleagues
  • Flexible working hours and environment
  • To deliver assessment and management for children with speech, language or communication difficulties ensuring that the service is effective and responsive to the changing needs of the local population.
  • To ensure effective joint working practice between the SLT service, other speech & language therapists (SLT) and other relevant professional teams in the fields of health, education, the voluntary sector, social services etc.
  • To deliver training to parents and professionals in order to develop their skills and knowledge enabling them to adapt the communicative environment and reinforce identified targets throughout the day.
  • To provide group therapy for children with a range of speech, language and communication needs alongside other SLTs or therapy assistants.
  • To maintain an up to date theoretical knowledge and therapeutic evidencebased practice relevant to areas of own clinical practice.
Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job.

It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named 'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction' by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year.

We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

Infection Control


As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

**Please see the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached for full outline of job responsibility.
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