Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Platt Bridge, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist . The post entails clinical leadership for School- age Social Communication difficulties and Selective Mutism for the service. The post also entails working as part of Wigan Neurodevelopmental Pathway/
The post holder will provide clinical leadership for School- age Social Communication difficulties and Selective Mutism for the service.
This clinical leadership will include the development of evidence based care pathways, development and delivery training package for Speech Therapy service as well as wider children workforce.
The post involves identification at a highly specialist level of the type of communication disorder found in this client group and the provision of a range of appropriate interventions including individual and group programmes to the young people, their families and their staff.
The post involves completing social communication assessment as part of the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Pathway and to contribute to MDT discussions to make decisions about possible diagnosis.
The post involves working closely with families/schools and Wigan CAMHs to support children and young people with selective mutism/anxiety around speaking
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracy Snellgrove Job title: Team lead for Children Speech and Language Therapy Email address: tracy.snellgrove@nhs.net Telephone number: 07786520421
The post holder will provide clinical leadership for School- age Social Communication difficulties and Selective Mutism for the service.
This clinical leadership will include the development of evidence based care pathways, development and delivery training package for Speech Therapy service as well as wider children workforce.
The post involves identification at a highly specialist level of the type of communication disorder found in this client group and the provision of a range of appropriate interventions including individual and group programmes to the young people, their families and their staff.
The post involves completing social communication assessment as part of the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Pathway and to contribute to MDT discussions to make decisions about possible diagnosis.
The post involves working closely with families/schools and Wigan CAMHs to support children and young people with selective mutism/anxiety around speaking
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
- People at the Heart
- Listen and Involve
- Kind and Respectful
- ONE Team
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tracy Snellgrove Job title: Team lead for Children Speech and Language Therapy Email address: tracy.snellgrove@nhs.net Telephone number: 07786520421