Advanced Speech and Language Therapist

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Advanced Speech and Language Therapist - Outpatients
London, The Portland Hospital
Full time: 18.75 hour per week (Monday- Friday availability)
Fixed Term- 12 months / Part Time
£Competitive salary dependent on experience

We're looking for an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Speech and Language Therapy team at The Portland Hospital, currently rated "Good" by the CQC and home to the largest private hospital-based rehabilitation centre in the UK.

As an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist you will have a proven track record of working with children who have complex needs.

In return for your expertise, you'll have the chance to work alongside some of the top consultants, get access to training and professional development and work with high level, state-of-the-art, assistive technology to supplement your Speech and Language Therapy interventions. This post will primarily be in outpatients, however, there will be a need to also support patient care in our Inpatient hospital wards.

What you'll bring:

1. Professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
2. Registered member of HCPC
3. At least 5 years experience of working within paediatrics and complex needs such as autism and TBI.
4. Experience of MDT working
5. Providing supervision to B6 outpatient SLT
6. Support SLT lead in managing outpatient service and oversee day to day running of outpatient clinic
7. Ideally experience of working with bilingual families and with interpreters

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we're one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities.

As an Advanced Physiotherapist at The Wellington Hospital, you'll be eligible for:

1. 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
2. Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
3. Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
4. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
5. Group Life Assurance from day one
6. Critical illness cover
7. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
8. Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
9. Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
10. Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. Our mission is simple, above all else we're committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

1. Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
2. Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
3. Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
4. Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.