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Fife Speech and Language Therapy has an exciting opportunity for a full time Speech and Language Therapist to join their children and young people’s service.
You will bring enthusiasm, knowledge and experience of working with children with developmental speech, language and communication needs including leading and participating in local initiatives.
You would be based in Cowdenbeath Clinic and be part of the team providing a service to the children and young people of the local community and their families which includes some areas of high deprivation. The team of mixed grade therapists and support practitioners is supported by a lead clinician and deliver personal outcome focused intervention within a tiered model of service delivery. Workload will include focus at a universal and targeted level as well as providing a service to a designated caseload of children and young people with the full range of speech, language and communication needs.
You would be joining a creative and forward thinking team who apply well established reflective practice and clinical decision making models based on the Care Aims Intended Outcomes Framework and incorporating Good Conversations and Personal Outcomes approaches.
Fife SLT, a lifespan service, is professionally managed within Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. You will be joining a dynamic service with a well developed peer facilitation/supervision model, robust appraisal system and a strong commitment to distributed leadership, staff wellbeing and development.
For informal enquiries, please contact Gemma Wilson, Operational Lead - West Fife, Children and Young People's Speech and Language Therapy Service, Carnegie Unit, Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline.
Tel: 01383 627014 or Email: gemma.wilson@nhs.scot.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.