Position Overview:
Napa Centre is looking to hire a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join the brand-new London clinic. The salary for this opportunity is £45,000-£70,000, depending on experience.
Speech and Language Therapists provide services to develop, enhance, or restore functional communication, speech, language, and/or feeding/swallowing skills of clients whose abilities to communicate effectively and/or to eat safely and efficiently are threatened or impaired by physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and sensory impairments.
Speech and Language Therapists at NAPA Centre complete skilled assessments and provide skilled intervention to infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents with a variety of diagnoses that impact speech production, receptive language, expressive language, social-pragmatic skills, and feeding/swallowing skills within the professional scope of practice. The role requires all therapists to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide evidence-based interventions to clients that include complex communication and feeding needs.
Requirements:
- Minimum qualifications include completion of at least a Master of Arts or Applied Science in Speech Language Therapist, Communication Disorders, Communication Sciences and Disorders, or equivalent, from an accredited university.
- License to practice from the UK Charted Society for Physiotherapy.
- Must have and maintain ASHA CCC credentials.
- Strong clinical experience - at least 2 years post graduate experience, preferably in a pediatric setting with exposure to children and/or young adults with complex disabilities.
- Enhanced DBS check.
- CPR and First Aid certificates.
- Good physical health and fitness, including the ability to frequently perform, on a daily basis, the following movements over a 6-8 hour period without experiencing pain or abnormal fatigue:Lift, push or pull up to and including 22 KG with hands and wrists as therapeutic handling is manually intensive
- Independently transfer dependent patients up to 38 KG
- Independently offer contact guard assistance for ambulatory patients of up to 56 KG
- Maintain extended periods of standing and/or sitting on the floor for up to 7 hours per day
- Move from floor to standing position back to floor frequently (6-7 hours) throughout the day
- Create a safe, professional, and supportive environment where clients, families and colleagues feel empowered to succeed.
- Ability to communicate confidently and effectively with clients and other medical professionals.
- Display a level of professional empathy towards clients and the ability to develop rapport.
- Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with clients and their families.
- Exercise discipline by completing all documentation, reporting requirements and training in an accurate and timely manner.
- Team player that can demonstrate the values for working as part of multi-disciplinary team to advance a client’s needs.
- Demonstrates the ability to take on additional responsibilities with time, including assessment and development of treatment plans for more complex cases, supervision of therapy aides/volunteers and additional clinic responsibilities.
- Ability to travel for periods of time for training/treating may be required.
Responsibilities:
- Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment with documentation of speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and feeding-swallowing disorders primarily in the paediatric population.
- Possess general knowledge of child development to assess and refer families to other disciplines when appropriate.Assess a client’s communication and/or feeding/swallowing skills using a variety of standardized tools and clinical observation/informal analysis to identify primary impairments and determine a plan for treatment.
- Utilize multiple frames of reference to inform practice including but not limited to: neurodevelopmental, developmental biomechanical, sensory integration, motor learning, cognitive, and rehabilitation.
- Create tailored treatment plans to address client’s limitations, taking into account their age, abilities, and other medical/physical factors.
- Involvement with patient, family, and caregivers to train, teach, and provide strategies to improve communication in all environments.
- Assessment, development, application and/or training in the use of aided communication devices.
- Demonstrate understanding of the use of various AAC systems and access methods, including, but not limited to, eye gaze and switch access.
- Demonstrate understanding of assessment and treatment of oral-pharyngeal motor skills, feeding/swallowing mechanics, and sensory-based feeding difficulties.
- Utilization of multi-modal communication strategies (manual signs, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, verbal language, gesture, body language, partner-assisted scanning, etc.).
- Prescribe home exercise programs for patient/caregivers to promote carryover and generalization of skills obtained during therapy sessions for continued progress in the community.
- Adapt environments and processes to enhance functional performance of clients in and out of therapy sessions.
- Actively participate in professional development including continuing education opportunities provided through the organization, from outside providers, as well as through opportunities offered as part of regular clinical supervision
- Maintain impeccable documentation. Ensure that treatment notes are recorded accurately and timely in the electronic health record system, according to the policies of NAPA Centre.
- Report writing including but not limited to evaluations, progress reports, school district Education Health Care Plans (EHCP)
- Act as a member of an interdisciplinary team to create a comprehensive developmental approach to client-centered care.
- Develop rapport with clients and families to build a relationship of trust and mutual respect.
- Work closely with administrative staff to manage the schedule and ensure that time is being used productively.
- Provide input into the development of clinical practices and procedures.
- Act in accordance with all company, legal and industry policies and ethics.
- Comply with all professional development requirements for maintenance of registration as a Speech & Language Pathologist with the appropriate licensing board.
- Work in a healthy and safe manner and encourage others to do the same
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, in addition to non-medical options such as hospital indemnity and critical illness.
- Paid time off accruals immediately upon start.
- Personal time (12 hours annually to be used for appointments that cannot be made outside of work hours).
- Wellness program with a stipend to be used for an appointment that focuses on physical and mental wellness.
- Professional development allowance of $500 upon each year of qualifying service, with the ability to roll to the next year, up to $1,000 total.
- Growing families program that allows increased compensation for 1 - 2 years following the birth or adoption of a child.
- International opportunities in London and Australia.
- 12-week training opportunities and ongoing mentorship throughout employment.
- annual merit increase based on performance review.
- Step program that allows for increased clinical skills and additional compensation during the annual review for each level achieved.
Company Values:
All NAPA Centre employees must demonstrate the company’s core values, which include:
- Love –NAPA is a family business built on the love that parents have for their children. Embody NAPA’s spirit of love through kind actions, warmth, and communication used every day.
- Share – strive to collaborate and educate as part of the NAPA team, so that our clients and their families leave NAPA with positivity and hope.
- Grow – evolve, engage and continue to learn, from our clients, our colleagues and our industry so that we truly offer the best therapy possible.
- Hope – believe in the potential of every child and commit to helping them succeed, giving families hope when others have failed.