Community Speech and Language Therapist - Torbay, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Description
We are looking for a part time Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist in Torbay South and West Devon Team to join our community team working 22.5 hours per week.
We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone-a-friend network and your inspiring colleagues.
This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.
To independently manage, with access to support from more senior colleagues, a caseload of patients with developmental communication and acquired disorders of speech, language and communication.
The provision of a speech and language therapy service of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of developmental communication disorders and acquired disorders of speech, language and communication.
To provide advice to relatives, early years and school staff and other professionals on matters relating to the speech, language and communication needs of individual patients.
To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;
Torbay and South Devon FT
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Royal Devon and Exeter FT
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
Livewell South West
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by TSDFT and DPT.
We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our children and young people say"We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful.
Why work with us
To independently manage, with access to support from more senior colleagues, a caseload of patients with developmental communication and acquired disorders of speech, language and communication
The provision of a speech and language therapy service of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of developmental communication disorders and acquired disorders of speech, language and communication
To provide appropriate intervention and evaluate outcomes
To provide advice to relatives, early years and school staff and other professionals on matters relating to the speech, language and communication needs of individual patients
To set up and monitor programmes to be carried out by other key workers
To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues, and negotiate with others around case management
To provide the link and continuity between health professionals and families/carer
Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and access to vehicle).
Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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