Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Neurodiversity
| Posting date: | 15 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum, pro-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 June 2024 |
| Location: | Luton, LU3 3QN |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Tr |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6291742/448-BCHS-6291742 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
Are you looking to develop your skills in the area of Neurodiversity?
This is a fixed term post until June 2025 in the first instance, to cover an internal secondment for the existing post holder. The post holder will work as part of an established Multi-disciplinary team of Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals working as part of the Neurodevelopmental diagnostic and support team. The role will involve diagnostic assessments as well as support and training for children and their families who have been referred to the Neurodevelopmental team.
Working as part of the Neurodiversity diagnostic and wider team, you will carry out ADOS and communication assessments to inform the diagnostic process as well as providing detailed information relating to children's communication support needs for parents and professionals within settings. This will involve working with both pre school and school age children.
The role will be based at the Edwin Lobo Child Development Centre but will require travel to educational settings to conduct assessments and attend meetings as required.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
• · Work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team at the Child Development Centre. In particular to address the needs of children being assessed as part of the Team’s Neurodiversity Pathway
• · Identify, assess and differentially diagnose communication impairments and select appropriate patients and type of therapy for effective treatment.
• · Use highly specialist clinical skills to manage a specialist caseload of children with ASD and other special needs.
• · To use clinical skills to generate written reports and care plans, reflecting specialist Knowledge
• · Collaborate with the wider SLT team and community Paediatric service in developing pathways and intervention development in the area of Autism and neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• · To present and communicate complex condition related information in such a manner as to motivate and inform patients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions, agreeing decision -making relevant to patient management.
• · To use good interpersonal skills to listen well and counsel patients and carers, so providing support and empathy without prejudice.
• · To represent the Service in the multidisciplinary workings of the Children’s assessment Centre to include joint assessments, report writing and contribution to care plans.
• · Have a specialist advisory role for the Trust in this specialty area, giving service wide second and expert opinions.
• · Take responsibility for and participate in service wide developments as appropriate.
• · Independently take students on placement for clinical teaching and supervision, including exam placement.
• · Take a clinical leadership role for qualified and unqualified staff working at lower grades and volunteers.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024
Are you looking to develop your skills in the area of Neurodiversity?
This is a fixed term post until June 2025 in the first instance, to cover an internal secondment for the existing post holder. The post holder will work as part of an established Multi-disciplinary team of Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals working as part of the Neurodevelopmental diagnostic and support team. The role will involve diagnostic assessments as well as support and training for children and their families who have been referred to the Neurodevelopmental team.
Working as part of the Neurodiversity diagnostic and wider team, you will carry out ADOS and communication assessments to inform the diagnostic process as well as providing detailed information relating to children's communication support needs for parents and professionals within settings. This will involve working with both pre school and school age children.
The role will be based at the Edwin Lobo Child Development Centre but will require travel to educational settings to conduct assessments and attend meetings as required.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
• · Work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team at the Child Development Centre. In particular to address the needs of children being assessed as part of the Team’s Neurodiversity Pathway
• · Identify, assess and differentially diagnose communication impairments and select appropriate patients and type of therapy for effective treatment.
• · Use highly specialist clinical skills to manage a specialist caseload of children with ASD and other special needs.
• · To use clinical skills to generate written reports and care plans, reflecting specialist Knowledge
• · Collaborate with the wider SLT team and community Paediatric service in developing pathways and intervention development in the area of Autism and neurodevelopmental difficulties.
• · To present and communicate complex condition related information in such a manner as to motivate and inform patients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions, agreeing decision -making relevant to patient management.
• · To use good interpersonal skills to listen well and counsel patients and carers, so providing support and empathy without prejudice.
• · To represent the Service in the multidisciplinary workings of the Children’s assessment Centre to include joint assessments, report writing and contribution to care plans.
• · Have a specialist advisory role for the Trust in this specialty area, giving service wide second and expert opinions.
• · Take responsibility for and participate in service wide developments as appropriate.
• · Independently take students on placement for clinical teaching and supervision, including exam placement.
• · Take a clinical leadership role for qualified and unqualified staff working at lower grades and volunteers.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024
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