Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
The post holder will be a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.
The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise pre-registration students. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
The post holder will work as a member of the Community Learning Disability Team, to provide an efficient, effective and co-ordinated speech and language therapy service.
The post holder will take a lead role for your clinical area overseeing the whole caseload and providing clinical support for team members.
Welcome Payment
This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment. A lump sum of 10% of the agreed basic salary, which is subject to a minimum of £4,000 and maximum of £10,000 of the full time basic salary (pro rata if part time and exclusive of HCAS payments). Payment of the incentive is applied with 50% paid at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only.
It is expected that you remain employed with NELFT for 2 years, should you leave within 2 years the Trust reserves the right to reclaim any monies paid.
Main duties of the job
1. The post holder will take a lead role in working with young people in transition with learning difficulties providing clinical support for team members.
To assess, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment and management for adults with learning disabilities who also have communication, eating and/or swallowing difficulties, and may also have challenging behavior, providing the service to clients across Redbridge in a community person-centered domiciliary role.
2.To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day today allocation of work.
4.To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
5. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register
6.To work as part of an integrated community learning disability team which will include contribution to co-ordination of case management across various health and social care disciplines.
T To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly moving and handling
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description and person specification have been uploaded on documents.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. A recognised professional qualification as Speech & Language Therapist
2. Current HCPC Registration
3. Evidence of on-going personal and professional development: leadership courses/training
Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
4. Minimum of five years post-qualifying experience as SLT including a minimum of three years in learning disability
5. Experience of working with adults with a wide range of speech, language and /or communication needs since qualification
6. Ability to deliver training internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups, particularly Education.
7. Application of standardised Assessments and Outcome measures
8. Supervision of students and staff
9. Experience of providing training/or making presentations to other professionals
10. Experience of assessing swallow function by means of videofluoroscopy
11. Experience of developing interventions for dysphagia and monitoring these in the community
12. Experience of designing innovative communication tools
13. Responsible for a caseload of clients with complex needs
14. Risk Assessment and management
15. Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
16. Working with a range of challenging behaviour
17. Safeguarding adults and/or children
18. Working as a Team member
19. Successfully engaging a range of community based partners and agencies in achieving outcomes for service users
20. Use of personal budgets to promote independence and social inclusion
21. Experience of leading/managing staff
22. Ability to provide leadership to multidisciplinary staff group
23. Involvement in clinical audit
24. Working as CPA care coordinator or case manager
25. Experience of completing Care Reviews
26. Experience of being a Safeguarding Adults Manager (SAM) and/or Investigating Officer
Knowledge
Essential criteria
27. Knowledge of broad range pf assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
28. Understanding of equality and diversity agenda
29. Up to date knowledge of contemporary health and social care legislation and DOH policy direction
30. Good understanding of SLT evidence based practice
31. Good understanding of risk assessment and management procedures and application of positive risk taking
32. Understanding of processes and issues in working with other agencies and partners
33. Knowledge of the personalisation agenda and its implementation
Desirable criteria
34. Evidence of post-qualification training in SLT
35. Application of Care Programme Approach
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
36. Demonstrate successful collaborative style of working with service users to achieve their goals
37. Holistic assessment of service users' needs in regards to communication and swallowing
38. Work effectively with a range of agencies coordinating care to achieve service user goals and developing outcomes focused Support plans/interventions
39. Express sound clinical reasoning to colleagues and service users to discuss proposed interventions
40. Ability to prioritise key tasks and manage time effectively
41. Excellent verbal and written communication
42. Able to communicate complex information to other professionals, service users and families clearly and effectively.
43. Negotiating and motivational skills
44. Demonstrable skills in assessing and managing risk
45. Ability to apply a range of skills and approaches to empower service users and carers
46. Ability to assess complex service users with varied levels of disability and make appropriate recommendations re treatment and interventions
47. Ability to work autonomously
48. Ability to supervise junior staff
Desirable criteria
49. Ability to identify areas of own personal/professional development evidenced by Personal Development Plan/professional portfolio
50. Ability to work within infection controland health and safety guidelines in order to deal appropriately and sensitively with clients' unpleasant physical contidions, oral secretions, incontinence, exposure to body fluids, infectious conditions, encountered on a regular basis
51. Ability to explore emotionally demanding aspects of the role with appropriate staff in both managerial and clinical supervision as well as in team meetings and informal work related support systems
Other
Essential criteria
52. To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
53. To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
54. Ability to work unsocial hours where required, providing high levels of emotional, clinical and managerial input to patients and carers
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
55. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
56. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
57. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
58. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.