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Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
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Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist - Richmond
Accepting applications until: 05-Jan-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Jan-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Teddington Health and Social Care Centre
- Address
- Queen's Road
- Town
- Teddington
- Postcode
- TW11 0LR
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 per annum, inc HCAS (Outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- SLT
On 1st November 2024, our name will be changing to Kingston & Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. To find out more, please visit: https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/about-us/better-together-our-partnership-with-hrch/
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*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
Are you looking for your first role as an SLT, or to develop your skills further post qualification?
We are looking for Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists to join our innovative and successful Paediatric Therapies Team in Richmond. The Richmond-upon-Thames Local Area SEND inspection report (October 2023) commented positively on our team’s work:
‘Therapists provide timely assessments and innovative approaches to make sure
that those caring for or working with children and young people with SEND receive the support and guidance they need.’
Richmond is a great place to live and work and has been named as the “happiest place to live” in Great Britain (Rightmove’s “Happy at Home” Index, 2023).
We offer a supportive programme of development and supervision for newly qualified therapists which enables them to complete their competencies and develop their skills in a range of clinical areas according to their interests and the needs of the service.
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Applicants should be able to:
- Demonstrate an ability to work flexibly, using their initiative to deliver a responsive and quality service.
- Work effectively as part of wider team and have some experience of working with pre-school and school aged children including those with additional needs, as well as with their families/key professionals.
- Deliver assessment and management for pre-school and school-age children with speech, language or communication difficulties ensuring that the service is effective and responsive to the changing needs of the local population across Richmond.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide group and individual therapy for pre-school children with a range of speech, language and communication needs alongside other SLTs or therapy assistants.
Working for our organisation
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. If you enjoy a challenge and want to go home each day knowing you made a difference, you will thrive in our organisation.
Infection Control
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We welcome applications from newly qualified staff who are awaiting their HCPC registration.
***Please see attached job description for details on main skills and responsibilities required for this post.***
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree / diploma or other professional Speech and Language Therapy qualification
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Registered with RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with relevant caseload during training / subsequent work for relevant client group.
- Experience of a variety of settings such as community clinics, schools and hospitals during training / subsequent work
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within a school setting / preschool setting.
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage time and demonstrate highly developed prioritisation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the prospective client group/s)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgina Brown
- Job title
- Richmond Mainstream Schools - Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 614 5333
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