Highly specialist speech & language therapist - Early Years Team
| Posting date: | 14 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,751.00 to £60,651.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53751.00 - £60651.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 November 2025 |
| Location: | Uxbridge, UB8 3NN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-1428 |
Summary
To assess, develop and implement highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy intervention To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention / assessment and evaluate outcomes. To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children 0-19. To facilitate relevant professionals/parents to carry out speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice To monitor the effectiveness of speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice being delivered by other relevant professionals/parents and adjust as necessary To make a differential diagnosis, including complex cases, on the basis of evidence from assessment. To develop clear packages of care based on best practice and differential diagnosis and to use highly specialist clinical knowledge to inform case management. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures. To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in own highly specialist clinical area. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and supervisors and identify own strengths and development needs. To manage caseload independently and to prioritise workload using highly specialist To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seek to resolve using highly developed negotiation skills, seeking further support from team leader if necessary To ensure that children / young people, their families and schools / nurseries are involved in the planning and implementation of their care To maintain sensitivity to the emotional needs of children & their families, especially when imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of the childs difficulties and its implications. To attend case conferences & core group meetings for children / young people on the caseload, where appropriate To submit safeguarding reports to case conferences ad reviews To record all concerns and discussions/supervision regarding safeguarding issues in Systmone clinical notes To attend safeguarding supervision for all children / young people with a Child Protection Plan at least every 12 weeks To provide safeguarding supervision (when trained) for team members on a rotational basis. To work independently and to access clinical supervision sessions on a regular basis & actively contribute to own appraisal on an annual basis. To collate evidence of professional development related to the RCSLT CPD log To demonstrate highly developed negotiation skills across a range of issues and to negotiate with others around case management in highly complex cases. To deal with complaints sensitively avoiding escalation where possible, and to inform the team leader in a timely fashion. To communicate highly complex information from assessments and ongoing therapy to children / young people, families and other professionals. To write outcome focused reports, and programmes/target sheets reflecting highly specialist knowledge which meet the needs of the child / young person To support the development of, and adhere to, service plans and policies giving constructive feedback as appropriate. To advise team leader on issues of service shortfall or pressure. To assume delegated leadership responsibilities and tasks as requested by TL. To work within infection control and health and safety guidelines. To report all incidents in a timely fashion and access learning following incident investigation outcomes & complaints. Attend training to complete incident investigations. To support other team members in the reporting of incidents in a timely fashion To work within legal frameworks including: SEND reforms e.g Statutory EHCP assessments, London safeguarding procedures and policies. To attend, contribute to and present at Team and Departmental meetings.