Speech and Language Therapist

The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team is excited to advertise a new Band 5 position in our School Age service across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset (BNSSG). This post involves working with pre-school children with complex needs and school age children with a range of speech and language difficulties. This would be an ideal post for anyone interested in developing a specialism in Complex Needs and/or Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (EDS). There will be the opportunity and support to develop EDS competencies.

We are a friendly and supportive team that deliver a variety of clinical Speech and Language Therapy Services across BNSSG. We offer regular training and CPD opportunities to our staff, a buddy system for new starters, regular line management and a regular meeting structure. Opportunity to provide both assessment and therapy for a wide range of clinical presentations. A large and supportive team means that there is plenty of opportunity for development and progression internally.

We welcome applications from Newly Qualified Therapists and those who are due to graduate in 2025. We provide the support required to work through and complete your RCSLT competencies.

To offer assessment and interventions for child or young person within specified area of clinical needs. To identify needs and work towards chosen outcomes as they relate to activities of daily life. This may include the individual’s educational, leisure, self-care, social communication, speech and language and motor needs and the management of the individual’s physical disability. To carry own caseload within specified clinical area. To provide a safe, client centred, effective and evidence based therapy service in the community setting.

You will work within the Children’s Service to deliver clinical activities, supported by a robust competency framework to children in clinic or school, and other settings such as home and early years environments. You will develop knowledge and skills in working with children with complex needs, including developing your competencies in Eating Drinking and Swallowing (EDS).

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you’re starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don’t be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Standen Job title: Complex Needs Team Lead Email address: emma.standen@nhs.net Telephone number: 07866 827871