Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist
Job Description
Job summary
Band 6Speech and Language Therapist37.5 hours a weekExciting opportunity to join the South Staffordshire Community Learning Disability Team.
We are seeking a highly motivated, person centred individual with excellent communication skills to work with us in our well established Community Learning Disability Team.
We aim to provide high quality, community based, integrated services for adults with learning disabilities. As such, we are seeking a specialist Speech and Language Therapist with a passion for working within and improving learning disability services.
You will have experience of completing assessments with people with learning disabilities in a variety of settings and of working with people who have complex mental and/or physical health needs, autism and complex behavioural needs. You will be an experienced practitioner who relishes multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, who can work creatively to secure good outcomes and embrace new ways of working. Experience and competence in completing dysphagia assessments.You will benefit from the support of a number of highly talented, enthusiastic and friendly Speech and Language Therapy colleagues. The Specialist Learning Disability Directorate (which covers both South Staffordshire and Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin) meet regularly for joint CPD events and facilitate a number of local special interest groups.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes to individual adult clients with complex learning disabilities, some of whom have physical disabilities and/or autism. To be an autonomous practitioner, holding a small mixed clinical caseload of those with swallowing and communication needs; working without direct supervision within the context of a multi-disciplinary team.
To support less experienced staff and students and colleagues deliver the Trust contracted services.
To provide expert advice in relation to swallowing and communication. Signposting and providing guidance and information to health and social care professionals, clients, carers and relatives.Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Be professionally accountable for all aspects of own work, including caseload management and direct clinical care. To work within the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) Standards of Practice and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) standards.
2. Obtain and record informed consent from clients at each contact in accordance with Trust policy.
3. Carry out comprehensive specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessments for complex learning disabilities, some of whom have physical disabilities and/or autism. Interpret clinical information and data related to clinical parameters along with non-clinical information and use clinical reasoning skills to accurately diagnose and develop specific treatment plans.
4. Provide specialist advice to other professionals or assessments to meet clients holistic care needs.
5. Formulate and deliver individual treatment plans based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practise, national and local guidelines using profession-specific clinical skills and techniques (eg. 1:1 interventions, carer education, patient education).
6. To undertake complex swallowing and communication assessments.*Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details*
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing needs of clients with learning disabilities.
Desirable
- Worked as part of multidisciplinary team Worked in the community.
- Supervised others.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills that are necessary to work with people with learning disability regarding communication and swallowing difficulties.
- Knowledge around wider health inequalities that affect people with a learning disability.
- Knowledge of the MCA.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Well-developed clinical reasoning skills Evidence of CPD.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the current policy content and relevant legislation for people with a learning disability and complex behavioural and/or forensic needs; including DSR processes, CTR/CETR & LAEPs.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Friary Centre Lichfield / Flanagan Centre Stafford
Stafford / Lichfield
ST16 3AG
