Speech and Language Therapist | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Company: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospital promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

CLINICAL:

- To utilise a range of formal and informal approaches to assess the child’s communication and interaction skills and to support the MDT in identifying cognitive, behavioural and emotional needs, and to inform subsequent diagnosis. treatment and intervention.
- Maintain an in-depth, comprehensive knowledge of speech, language, cognitive,



communication and behavioural presentations resulting from a range of conditions including but not restricted to Autism, early infant experience and the impact of medical conditions.
- Access and provide regular opportunities for reliability and calibration of ADOS delivery through activities such as: consensus coding; peer observation and feedback; clinical discussion, to maintain quality standards in administration and analysis.
- Based on assessment results provide advice and where required support colleagues to develop and implement highly specialist time limited programmes of intervention/support appropriate to the needs of children and their families.
- Delivery of post diagnostic support to families, including Autism information sessions.
- Work closely with members of the MDT to holistically identify the range of needs of the child and family.
- To communicate effectively, empathetically, and clearly with patients, families and carers regarding issues that are frequently highly complicated and emotionally charged. This may require managing difficulties in understanding, or overcoming communication difficulties with patients, family, or carers.
- To communicate effectively and clearly with clinical colleagues regarding assessments and interventions by organizing and putting across information in a relevant and usable form in both written and spoken reports, as well as in day-to day liaison.
- To critically reflect on own and others’ performance and use this evaluation to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of future practice.
- To identify own training needs and to keep skills up to date.
- To continue to meet the clinical competencies and continuing career development standards

📌 Speech and Language Therapist | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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