Job Introduction
As a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist, you will join our supportive community team based at Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role within a forward thinking service, helping to shape and develop Speech and Language Therapy provision across North Kent. You will work as a joint Team Lead alongside an experienced full time Band 7, providing clinical leadership while continuing to deliver high quality care to patients within the community. This is a varied and rewarding role where you will support patients with communication and swallowing difficulties to achieve greater independence and quality of life. Our service embraces innovation and flexibility. We offer a blended model of care, combining face to face and remote delivery, giving you the opportunity to work in a way that meets both patient and service needs.

Package Description
You will be joining a friendly, collaborative and innovative Speech and Language Therapy team who are passionate about delivering person centered care. The team fosters a supportive environment where ideas are encouraged, development is prioritized and colleagues feel valued in their roles. As part of HCRG Care Group, you will receive:

• NHS Agenda for Change Band 7 salary with an NHS pension

About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities
As a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist, you will join our supportive community team based at Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role within a forward thinking service, helping to shape and develop Speech and Language Therapy provision across North Kent. You will work as a joint Team Lead alongside an experienced full time Band 7, providing clinical leadership while continuing to deliver high quality care to patients within the community. This is a varied and rewarding role where you will support patients with communication and swallowing difficulties to achieve greater independence and quality of life. Our service embraces innovation and flexibility. We offer a blended model of care, combining face to face and remote delivery, giving you the opportunity to work in a way that meets both patient and service needs.

Person Specification
General Requirements
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.