Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broad street plaza / princess royal community health centre Town Halifax Salary £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/04/2024 23:59

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visithttps://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Our well-established, friendly community team consists of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants.

You will provide therapy assessment, treatment and advice, working in a variety of settings to include clinics, schools and nurseries with children of all ages. We have excellent links with schools, early years settings and Social Care and you will become part of the wider team supporting children and their families.

You will have good communication and team working skills. You will need to be able to work independently and have an ability to effectively prioritise and manage a varied caseload.

• To work within the Children’s Therapy service, applying effective clinical interventions within paediatrics in line with current evidence base.
• To carry out assessment and treatment of children with speech, language and communication needs, with the aim of using education and advice to facilitate children/ young people and carers to understand and actively participate in the management of the condition, leading to safe and timely discharges and transfer of care.
• To determine a clinical diagnosis, develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individual and group treatment programmes and/or provide advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.

We understand that whether you’re just starting out or have plenty of experience, moving jobs can be both exciting and daunting, but you’ve made a great choice in considering joining Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT). We are an exceptional place to work with remarkable teams of hard working and dedicated clinical and non-clinical staff all delivering high standards of patient care.

You will receive strong leadership, clinical supervision and regular peer support. We value commitment to professional development and training for all our staff. We are committed to continually developing and improving our service for the benefit of children and their families.

• To manage autonomously, a clinical workload of patients/clients, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records, referring queries to senior staff.
• To have speech and language therapy assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to:
• Triage of referrals
• Identification of therapy needs
• Speech language and communication disorders
• Training others to manage a child's difficulties
• To communicate effectively using non-verbal, verbal, written and electronic means.
• To liaise and develop rapport with patients/clients, carers, members of the MDT, where appropriate, and outside agencies under guidance of a senior therapist.
• To act, within the service, as a resource and provide advice for other professionals and colleagues within the MDT about the assessment, treatment, management and care of patients/clients with support from senior staff.
• To work alongside other professionals to ensure effective care pathways care.
• To make appropriate referrals to other agencies/practitioners.
• To deliver programmes of assessment, treatment and intervention for patients/clients with support from senior staff.
• To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to the training and competency levels of other team members to ensure the effective delivery of the service.
• To participate in the supervision process.
• To ensure a high standard of patient care is provided including implementing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken.
• To provide assessment and advice for the MDT and participate in MDT meetings as appropriate.
• With experience, plan and delegate workload to assistants.

• Registered with HCPC
• Member of Professional Body.

• Undergraduate experience in a wide range of clinical areas
• NHS or Social Service experience
• Good clinical reasoning skills
• Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
• Awareness of relevant Legislation, NSF’S/ Local and National initiatives.
• Basic understanding of Clinical Governance
• Ability to maintain legible and accurate records
• Previous experience working at Band 5 level
• Recent experience demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate speech, language and communication difficulties in a children’s therapy service.

• Ability to undertake assessment and formulate treatment/management programmes with patients/clients, acting as an autonomous practitioner

• Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties
• Recognises own limitations and have willingness to share and learn from others
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with routine situations.
• Ability to organise own work and caseload.

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all.Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £41.90, Standard £21.90 or Basic £21.90) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £13 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected] for assistance.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.