Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

Are you an existing highly specialist (Band 7 ) Speech and Language Therapist  looking for a change, or an experienced senior (Band 6) ready for the next step working with Community Paediatrics?

A very warm welcome awaits you at Wirral University Teaching Hospital in the Community Paediatric Team, the service is based at St Catherine's Health Centre, Birkenhead. We have

You will have a Speech and Language degree qualification and be registered with the HCPC and ideally be a member of RCSLT.

Main duties of the job

This post is to assess, develop and deliver highly specialised care to children and families of children referred into Community Paediatrics on the Neuro Development pathway, working alongside a team of clinicians

Within the team we will provide:

A strong support network for both clinical work and wellbeing within a well established and experienced team

Opportunities to learn from highly experienced MDT team members

Both clinical and managerial supervision on a regular basis

Annual appraisals

Opportunities to access internal and external training if relevant to your role.

The successful applicant will be highly motivated to work with children and their families/carers and have excellent communication, organisational and prioritisation skills and be an enthusiastic team member.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist positions available at WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.