Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title: Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Band 7 (Paediatrics)
Location: Tadworth, Surrey
Salary: Up to £58,544 per annum
Hours: 37.5

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join a dedicated school therapy team. The successful candidate will provide specialist speech and language therapy and clinical leadership to children, young people, and families accessing the services of this charitable organisation for children with acquired brain injury.

Staff Benefits:
The employer offers a range of benefits, including London weighting, a shuttle bus service and more.

Role Requirements:
The role involves delivering high-quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy assessments and interventions to children and young people with neurodisabilities and neurodevelopmental concerns within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting. The service delivery focuses on outcome-driven interventions, safe care, and promoting the function and participation of children and young people in home, school and community life.

The successful Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will support children and young people with communication needs, speech and language difficulties, eating and drinking challenges, and tracheostomy care at a highly specialist level. With experience working in a complex environment across a large and diverse workforce, the candidate should be exceptionally organised, detail-oriented, and possess excellent interpersonal skills. They will have the ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills and Qualifications:

• HCPC-approved degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Right to work in the UK
• Valid HCPC registration
• Postgraduate experience working with paediatric patients

Additional Staff Benefits:
This role is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, the employer offers a valuable range of benefits, including a flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced maternity and paternity pay and more.

Additional annual leave days are provided for long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays), depending on length of service. Other benefits include free on-site parking, a staff shuttle service from train stations, a subsidised cafeteria, a pension scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Please note: We will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled. Therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

Compliance checks: All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It’s a place where we recognize, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

If this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by clicking the Apply Now button or alternatively call Helen on (phone number removed)