Job summaryWe are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare's dynamic and friendly team of Community Paediatric Therapists. We work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, early years' settings and children and young people's homes and are looking for enthusiastic and innovative Therapists who can contribute a range of skills and experiences to our Speech and Language Therapy team. Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively contribute to clinical teams to ensure well co-ordinated care plans and high standards of service delivery. You will be familiar with both appropriate standardised and informal assessments and a range of intervention approaches for this client group.Main duties of the jobTo develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion within society.We can offer:A robust team-based approach to caseload management and the highest quality service provisionA well established network of support, clinical supervision and mentorshipA personal approach to induction, preceptorship and continued professional development including support to fully achieve NQP competenciesCollaborative working with a team of highly skilled, dedicated Therapists and Assistant SLT'sSuccessful partnership working with colleagues in Health, Education and Children's servicesWe have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within Northumbria Healthcare.About usWe manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesEssential Criteria:Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalentHealth and Care Professions Council Licence to PracticeRegistered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language TherapistsCar driverDesirable CriteriaPrevious experience of working within the Paediatric SLT fieldExperience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partnersThe post holder will be required to work at sites across the Trust.The post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalentHealth and Care Professions Council - Licence to PracticeRegistered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language TherapistsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAddressBlyth Health CentreThoroton StBlythNE24 1DXEmployer's websitehttps://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)