Senior Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Incentive applies
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Bognor Regis, West Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
Job overview
Do you want to advocate for people with a learning disability to communicate and live well?
As senior specialist speech and language therapist in this role, you will use your clinical insight and experience to support people with the most complex needs to live well with their learning disability. You will provide specialist communication and dysphagia assessments and interventions for people referred to the service as well as being an integral member of a very friendly and supportive team. You will have the autonomy to manage your own diary, and opportunities for hybrid working. You will be a key figure in shaping service provision in this area and across the county.
Please contact us to discuss the role, and if you wish to work less than full time and or flexible working.
This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive subject to terms and conditions
Main duties of the job Contributing to the management of a team caseload of individuals with complex needs, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, which will be delivered in a variety of community settings. The team encourages multi-disciplinary working wherever possible and you will convene, facilitate and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings to develop a holistic understanding of the person and their needs.
You will supervise more junior therapists within the team and have leadership opportunity and responsibility within a West Sussex LD SLT leads team in the management of LD SLT services across the county.
You will be supervised by the Principal Speech and Language Therapist.
Working for our organisation As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
You can expect:
- Excellent supervision programmes.
- Flexible working opportunities
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
- The trust also offers a wide range of training specifically targeted towards AHPs and promotes ongoing learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities - This role sits within the multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Team. The post holder will need a minimum of 4 years post qualification experience and a recognised post basic qualification in dysphagia. They will provide a specialist Speech and Language Therapist service for individuals with learning disabilities who have complex communication difficulties and/or dysphagia.
- The clinical role will be to provide Speech & Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to Adults with a Learning Disability and their carers referred to the service, using established models of Speech & Language Therapy, ensuring practice is evidence based. This will be in partnership with clients' carers and multi-disciplinary Team members. The post holder will provide a specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service to adults with learning disabilities, who have complex communication difficulties and/or dysphagia and their carers.
- To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to people with learning disabilities , who have complex communication disorders and /or dysphagia (eating, drinking and swallowing disorders).
- To provide supervision to other Speech and Language Therapists or Speech and Language Therapy Assistants within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as necessary.
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and secondary provider services.
- Take on a supervisory role with other SALTS as part of the Teams role in building capacity of others working with people who have complex communication needs and/or dysphagia
Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria - Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree or Masters Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - license to practice
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Evidence of completion of specialist courses related to adults with a learning disability
- Post basic qualification in dysphagia RCSLT accredited
Experience Essential criteria - Extensive post graduate experience as a Speech & Language Therapist working in adult learning disabilities
- Experience of training other professionals
- Awareness of the wider context of the NHS within specialist clinical field.
- Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group.
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to client group).
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance / audit
- Knowledge of record keeping standards
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication to suit the needs of people with communication and learning disabilities. This may include Makaton signing, symbols and pictures etc
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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£43.74k - £50.06k per annum
