Are you a Speech and Language Therapist with Learning Disabilities and Autism experience, looking for the next step in your career? If so, join Bradley Complex Care in Grimsby, Lincolnshire as a Speech and Language Therapist.
Our service users have an array of complex sensory and communicative needs, and some have physiological problems such as dysphagia where there is a risk of choking presenting significant risk to life.
You will lead group therapeutic sessions, helping people develop and improve their speech and communication. Building one-to-one rapport with service users, you will encourage engagement and empower recovery.
You will have experience in managing a designated caseload using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.
You will have support from a Speech and Language Assistant, Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist. You will also provide clinical supervision for the Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.
With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you’ll receive support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of training courses to support you reach your career goals
As a Speech and Language Therapist you will :
* Provide a high standard of Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) assessment and interventions within the service area providing as required.
* Provide specialist dysphagia assessment and intervention to service users, depending on the needs of the service.
* Assist the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in maintaining efficient and effective services including identifying necessary changes to provision.
* Participate fully with the multidisciplinary / transdisciplinary team and ensure that the service user outcomes are aligned to aid their ongoing management.
* Take appropriate action where concerns are raised with regards to performance or conduct of others via raising to senior management as required.
* Promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all service users, employees and visitors.
* Ensure the confidentiality, security and accuracy of data and information and compliance with regulatory guidelines and statutory requirements.
* Maintain and evidence standards of competence as defined by the HCPC and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
* Provision of SLT advice and consultation to others involved in service user’s care.As an autonomous practitioner, he/she will be responsible for their own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies.
* To supervise junior staff/students as directed by the role holder’s line manager.
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
* Successful completion of professional qualification, enabling registration with the HCPC as a Speech and Language Therapist.
* To be a RCSLT Member
* Registration with the HCPC as a Speech and Language Therapist.
* 2 years’ experience or more working as a HCPC Speech and Language Therapist.
* Experience (either pre training on training or subsequently) of working with people with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.
* Experience of supporting junior staff including students.
* Exceptional written English skills
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
* Annual base salary of £40,000
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
* Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
* Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
* Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
* Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
* 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
* Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
* Pension contribution, to help secure your future
* Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure