Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Main duties of the job

What are the potential opportunities within this role?

Working across a range of clinical areas to give you a broad clinical experience as a Band 5 therapist. This may include:

• Working within our early years service based in Family Hubs the first point of contact for many of our children and their families.
• Working within our mainstream school service delivering support from a universal to a specialist level.
• Working within specialist provision such as language classes, special schools or autism bases.

This might be the role for you if you:

• Are graduating this year and youre looking for your first Band 5 role within the NHS.
• Are a current Band 5 looking to develop your skills further or for a new opportunity in a different clinical area.
• Are looking to work in a progressive team, following the evidence base and working in creative and innovative ways.
• Are looking for a supportive team with opportunities to develop your clinical knowledge and skills.

Job responsibilities

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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