Speech and Language Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist with experience and interest in further developing their specialist skills within Developmental Language Disorders and Autism. The service is based within Oxford Children’s Hospital. You will be working as part of a well-established multidisciplinary team offering input to children and young people referred to the Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Team via the Community Paediatric Service. Providing education and teaching is a core aspect of the role. Line Management will be provided by the Team Lead for Children’s Therapies and Clinical supervision will be sourced according to the experience and needs of the post holder.

Primary role to include assessment, intervention, consultation, undertaking research and audit, supervision, and training.

• To work as an integral member of the Community Paediatric Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Team
• To support the Children’s Therapies Team Lead with service evaluation, benchmarking, data collection and other delegated tasks
• To stay up to date with the evolving evidence base in Developmental Language Disorders and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christine Ireland Job title: Speech and Language Therapist Email address: Christine.Ireland@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 234032

Deborah.quarrell@ouh.nhs.uk

01865 234032