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The Community Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy service provides pre-referral activity triage, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice, guidance and support for parents and families of children with a wide range of speech, language and/or communication needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Phonological Disorders, Dysfluency, Additional Support Needs and Language Disorder and/ or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The service will be managed within the appropriate delegated general management structure in HSCPs/HSCP, with overall responsibility lying with the Head of Children and Families Services who will also retain responsibility for SLT policy development. The provision of speech and language services to local Education Departments will be managed through Service Level Agreements that will be shaped and informed by the agreed NHS GGC SLT Service Specification and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs. You will assess, diagnose and provide therapy as appropriate to children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties and/ or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties including the planning and delivery of specialised therapy programmes tailored to suit the needs of individual’s including complex cases. You will manage and prioritise own specialist caseload as an autonomous practitioner, analysing client’s risk and need. You will effectively supervise all work delegated to Clinical Support workers.
You will engage effectively in clinical supervision, peer review, operational management and Care Aims arrangements and processes that are critical to the effective delivery of SLT services. It is essential that you are currently registered with the HCPC as a Speech and Language Therapist. This post is based at the Community Health Partnership Offices at Stobhill Hospital and the shift pattern for this post is 9-5, 5 days per week.
Informal contact: Anne McGinty, 0141 201 3399/4246, Anne.mcginty@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
EU Settlement Scheme
EU, EEA or Swiss nationals are strongly encouraged to join the EU Settlement Scheme prior to 30th June 2021. As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to produce proof of your EU Settlement status from 1st July 2021 to demonstrate your Right to Work in the United Kingdom.
Existing employees may be asked to provide evidence of their EU Settlement Status from 1st July 2021.
Further information: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.