Speech and Language Therapist Preschool/Schools in Harrow

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others. There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

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Job overview:

We are a large supportive, sociable and friendly MDT team of 60+ therapists committed to the well-being of our staff. We can provide:

• Flexibility working
• Time to ensure access to regular and ongoing CPD
• Support with signing off competencies
• Opportunities for shadowing in a range of settings
• Clearly structured caseloads and prioritisation system
• Highly structured induction with opportunities to shadow other therapists
• Access to clinical specialists in all areas

In joining you will receive:

• Regular and ongoing developing therapist training
• A consistent caseload to see through assessment, ongoing therapy and up to discharge

This post is within both the pre-school and the schools speech and language therapy team. You will manage a caseload of children and young people with support from the principal SLT. The post holder will provide speech and language therapy to a designated caseload of children with a range of speech, language and communication, eating/drinking difficulties and Special Educational Needs (SEN) attending pre-school settings/clinics and schools in and around Harrow. A significant proportion of these children will be Bilingual.

Main duties of the job:

• To manage a defined caseload of children with communication needs across schools and early years/healthcare settings.
• To communicate complex patient-related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with multidisciplinary team members across health, education and social services and the voluntary sector.
• To work closely with CYP, carers and families, involving them in decision making, demonstrating and ensuring that effective communication is achieved.
• To provide clinical reports as per departmental standards.

Person specification:

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health Care Professions Council – Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Post graduate short courses in the provision of SLT to pre-school and school age children

Skills, abilities and attributes:

• Good written and spoken English
• Negotiation and Problem solving Skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to work in an unpredictable environment and to prioritise own workload.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.