Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Dover, England

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Dover, England 33706 - 40588 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the friendly, dynamic Children and Young People’s Therapy Team.

We are offering a position working as an SLT based in Dover working with children with a range of clinical needs.

We are seeking an exceptional candidate with 2 years' experience as a band 5. This role involves working primarily with early years children but will include some work with older children as required.

Situated in Kent, the Garden of England, with easy access to London, and close to the university city of Canterbury, which is vibrant and lively with a theatre, bars and restaurants as well as many historic sites. With Folkestone, Dover and Ashford close by meaning transport links and access to the channel tunnel, Dover ferry port and the Eurostar, making Europe within easy reach.

We are a Children and Young People’s Therapy Service, recognising the benefits of integrated working with Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues working together.

We work out of three different localities, The Rainbow Centre in Ashford, The Beacon Centre in Folkestone and the Children’s Assessment Unit at Buckland Hospital, Dover. Working with over 90 other therapists ranging from assistants, junior therapists to more senior specialists.

We encourage an evidenced based, outcome focussed approach to meeting the needs of our service users. These posts involves working with predominantly with early years children with speech, language and communication difficulties. There will be opportunities to work as part of a multidisciplinary team including therapists and paediatricians.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

www.ekhuft.nhs.uk
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Susan Acott
$100 to $500 million (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Hospital
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