Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Are you seeking a speech & language therapy role within a well-established multi-disciplinary team of skilled and experienced clinicians? If you want to develop your own clinical skills with a people who have a Learning Disability in the community this could be the post for you.
This role gives the post holder a unique opportunity to work with a large Specialist Learning Disability Team and to develop their knowledge and skills.
Our Speech & Language Therapists work with adults who have communication and/or swallowing difficulties so must be Dysphagia trained also for this role.
We work in community settings, including home visits and clinics and work as an MDT including Nursing, OT, Physio and Psychology practitioners
We value CPD and carry out robust clinical supervision and appraisals to encourage therapists' specialist interests and innovation
Main duties of the job
To provide evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention to service users who have communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties and have a diagnosis of Learning Disability.
The role will be integrated within the multi -disciplinary team and will work with the team to develop person-centred care plans.
Supervision will be provided by a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.
To participate as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with specific responsibility to assess and treat adults with complex health needs.
To be responsible for the delivery of specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy intervention in the community for clients withcommunication and swallowing disorders, such as dysphagia.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
To be responsible and accountable for their own caseload and ensure that care plans are written and reviewed regularly.
To contribute to the prioritisation of the waiting list for Speech and Language Therapy.
To complete Holistic assessments on behalf of the team and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team and support duty process in the team.
To work alongside and liaise with other professionals within the team, staff at day centres, care staff and families.
To provide clinical advice and assessment to these on the communication and swallowing needs of clients, resolving areas of conflict as necessary.
To provide specialist knowledge on alternative and augmentative systems of communication, where appropriate. To ensure that all relevant agencies have access to all systems.
To Identify and take responsibility for allocating work and providing supervision to Speech and Language Therapy assistants.
To provide training days to staff teams around specific individuals communication to devise strategies and management plans.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Accredited Speech and Language Therapy qualification (BSc)
* Registration with HCPC
* Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist (RCSLT)
* Post graduate training/qualification in Dysphagia
Experience
* Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Experience with provision of supervision and delegation to junior members of staff
* Experience of use of outcome measures for clinical evaluation
* Driving License
* Basic IT Skills (Microsoft Software: Excel, World, Power Point, MS Teams)
Knowledge
* A philosophy and approach that empowers people
* Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication and dysphagia
* A person -centred approach to service delivery
* Understanding of current NHS changes
Skills
* A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
* Ability to convey information and skills to direct care staff
* Good time management and organizational skills
* Flexible approach skills towards service change, demands and pressure
* Experience of providing clinical supervision (to students or SaLT staff)
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.
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