HARTLEPOOL NHS PCT


Modern Hartlepool is at the heart of the economic and cultural regeneration of the North-East.

Situated on the Durham coast the town is within easy reach of Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.

There is a wealth of good quality, low-cost housing in the town and in rural County Durham.

The area boasts excellent schools, nursery and childcare provision, good transport networks, shopping, cinemas, theatres, galleries - and a recently promoted Second Division football team!

As a result of investment from the PCT and Sure Start, our team has expanded rapidly over the past three years and we are now looking to fill the following posts:

SPECIALIST SLT: SPECIAL NEEDS
Ref: 143
Spine points 31-33
£27,141 - £29,355 pro-rata per annum
Full-time/Part-time/Job share

We are looking for a skilled speech and language therapist with at least three years experience to provide a specialist service to children with special needs. The post will involve working with other professionals, agencies and specialists to develop the service to children with special needs across Hartlepool and South Easington.

As well as managing a specialist caseload you will provide second opinions, clinical supervision and professional development opportunities to other therapists working with children throughout the trust in a variety of specialist, mainstream and community settings.

You will also have the opportunity to work with other agencies and the specialist paediatric therapists for physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder to develop the service.

Applications will also be welcomed from those who do not meet the criteria for the specialist position but who are interested in gaining experience and developing skills in working with children with special needs.

SPECIALIST SLT: DYSFLUENCY
Maternity Leave Cover
Ref: 142
Spine points 31-33
£27,141 - £29,355 pro-rata per annum
0.5 wte - 20 hours per week
March 2004 - September 2004

SPECIALIST SLT: AUTISM
Maternity Leave Cover
Ref: 141
Spine points 31-33
£27,141 - £29,355 pro-rata per annum
0.6 wte - 24.5 hours per week
May 2004 - January 2005

GENERALIST SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPISTS
Ref: 144
Spine point 20-25 dependent on experience
£ 17,629-21,451 pro rata per annum
Full-time/Part-time

Are you interested in the following:

• Working with other newly qualified speech and language therapists?
• Gaining experience with a mixed and varied caseload?
• Opportunities to work in a variety of community and acute settings?
• Improving the life chances of children?
• Promoting normal language development in young children through early intervention?
• Multi-disciplinary team working?
• Providing intensive therapy to children in community settings?

If so we may have the opportunity you are looking for.

Come to work in Hartlepool and you will be joining a friendly, energetic and strongly committed team of 19 therapists and 5 assistants. We will also offer you:

• A personal mentor to support you during your settling in period
• A two week induction to help familiarise you with people and places
• Regular clinical support and supervision
• Excellent admin and clerical support
• IT facilities
• Regular staff and team meetings
• Opportunities for Continued Professional Development (CPD)
• Flexible working hours
• Lieu time system.

A staff counselling service, lease car scheme and relocation expenses (where applicable) are also available.

We welcome calls to discuss opportunities and to tell you more about our support services. For an informal discussion, please contact Nikki Wray or Lorraine Lumley on 01429 267901.

For an application form and job description, please contact Human Resources on 01429 285176 or email human.resources@... quoting the relevant reference number.

Closing Date: 12 noon, Wednesday 17 March 2004

Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

These posts are deemed to require a Disclosure Check - (Enhanced) Level with the Criminal Records Bureau. This is due to the fact that the posts have access to children or vulnerable adults. Further information on the Disclosure Service is available from www.disclosure.gov.uk

The Trust aims to be an equal opportunities employer and is a no smoking organisation.

Find out more about cities, towns, coast and countryside:

This is Hartlepool

Hartlepool Seal Watching

Hartlepool Summerhill Boulder Park

Cleveland Tour

The Teesside Tourist - School of Computing Guide

Stockton on Tees

Middlesbrough Guide

Bordering The North York Moors

Bordering Herriot Country

Roseberry Topping - National Trust



Inhabited since the Stone Age, occupied by the Romans, raided by Vikings, sacked by the Scots and bombarded during the First World War - there is a lot more to Hartlepool than jokes about that Monkey.

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