We are looking for a motivated Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist to join our small team. The successful candidate will be interested in providing excellent patient care in the community setting, whilst helping develop our service further.
Our service provides care for patients with acquired communication and swallowing disorders. We offer appointments by home visit, outpatient clinic, telephone, and video. Our caseload includes neurological degenerative conditions, care homes, two community hospitals, voice and stroke.
We cover the geographical areas of Scarborough, Filey, Ryedale, Pocklington and Whitby. We work alongside community therapy, other specialist and nursing services, as well as our wider partners in acute, secondary and community care. The work base location and split of geographical caseload will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate.
We are a supportive team who work together closely. We are keen to provide excellent patient care using innovation and evidence based practice, support and develop your skills creating a learning and growing culture.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss further. Please note a UK driving licence and being able to travel independently between sites and to patient homes is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job
* To deliver of high level, quality care and evidence-based interventions in line with local and national guidance within adult acquired community caseload.
* To deliver SLT intervention in both autonomous and multidisciplinary working.
* To plan, provide and evaluate interventions within an identified clinical area.
* To participate in the delivery of service specific training as required
* To support identified assistants
* To undertake administrative duties as required
* To manage a caseload, including self-directed planning and time management within identified clinical area.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Degree or Diploma plus relevant skills, knowledge, training and experience
* Current professional registration
* An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area
* Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
* Work towards developing specialist skills and knowledge
Experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) e.g. developing specialist interests
* Evidence of post-registration professional practice
* Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Skills and Competence
* Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
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.
£32,073 to £39,043 per annum pro rata
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