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Specialist Speech and Language Therapist band 5/6 run through

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Whittington Health .Responsibilities

The post holders would form part of the Speech and Language Therapy Teams in Barnet, providing assessment, differential diagnosis, advice to children with speech, language and communication difficulties. The caseload would be a range of children in Early Years and/or Mainstream Schools depending on experience.The post holder should have knowledge and experience of the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of developmental language disorder and social communication difficulties. In addition the post holder should be knowledgeable and experienced in assessing, treating and managing children and young people who have associated syndromes or special educational needs which interact with their language development.The role is a 10 month fixed term, Band 5-6 run through. We welcome applications from current Band 5 or 6 SLTs with experience working in early years clinics or mainstream schools. Additional support and training will be offered for less experienced therapists. If applicant begins role on a Band 5 grade, once skills, experience and competencies are achieved, the post can progress to band 6 pay levels.Please see the Job descript and Person Specification for further detailsFunding and team context

These posts have arisen from additional funding from the North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) aimed at reducing long waits for children’s speech and language therapy assessment and intervention in Barnet and Haringey. The post holders would form part of the Speech and Language Therapy Teams in Barnet, providing assessment, differential diagnosis, advice to children with speech, language and communication difficulties. The caseload would be a range of children in Early Years and/or Mainstream Schools depending on experience.Qualifications and expectations

The post holder should have knowledge and experience of the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of developmental language disorder and social communication difficulties. In addition the post holder should be knowledgeable and experienced in assessing, treating and managing children and young people who have associated syndromes or special educational needs which interact with their language development.Equal opportunities

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah McClure Job title: Clinical lead SLT Email address: smcclure@nhs.net Telephone number: 02033168900Job details

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