Speech and Language Therapist Specialist in Adult Community - United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hadleigh Clinic Town Hadleigh, Essex Salary £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/05/2024 23:59

Speech and Language Therapist Specialist in Adult Community Band 7 About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

• We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
• We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".

Our Purpose

"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".

Our Values

• We Care
• We Empower

Our strategic objectives

• We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
• We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
• We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
• We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

• Mental Health Services
• Community Health Services
• Learning Disabilities Services
• Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.

Job overview

Band 7 Community Adult Speech and Language Therapist

Do you have what it takes to work as a community Speech and Language Therapist?

We are a small, friendly and supportive team providing speech and language therapy to adults in the community based at Hadleigh Clinic (near Southend on Sea) in South East Essex.

We are looking for a confident and motivated Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to work with us, assessing and treating people with a range of acquired and progressive neurological conditions, non-neurological conditions and voice disorders. Our work is varied and rewarding, making a real difference to our patients' quality of life.

Applicants will need to be fully dysphagia trained, with at least 4 years experience of working as a qualified speech and language therapist. The successful candidate will be required to hold current HCPC Registration and have a broad range of clinical skills including supervisory and management experience. The post is part-time (0.4 WTE, 15 hours a week), and service operates Monday to Friday, with no weekend working required.

Having access to a vehicle is essential to this role, along with a full valid UK driving licence and existing business insurance cover.

Main duties of the job

To support the Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service across South East Essex, by assessing of and planning management for adults with a range of acquired and progressive communication and swallowing disorders seen within the service.

To make a differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties on the basis of specialist formal and informal clinical assessments; to ensure that all interventions are based on accurate, appropriate and sufficient assessment.

Provide programmes of therapy activities and demonstrations of those activities to those concerned (family, staff, visitors), to enable carry over and generalisation of new skills into the wider communicative environment.

To support and supervise less experienced therapists and assistant practitioners treating people on these caseloads.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and management of people with a range or communication and swallowing disorders.
• To support and supervise less experienced therapists and assistant practitioners treating people on these caseloads.
• To keep Lead Speech and Language Therapist advised of any changes or developments that may affect planning.
• To be responsible and accountable for the independent prioritisation and management of own clinical caseload.
• To make a differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties on the basis of specialist formal and informal clinical assessments; to ensure that all interventions are based on accurate, appropriate and sufficient assessment.
• To support and facilitate all patients in expressing their own views and needs, to enable them to take an active part in the planning of treatment.
• To use clinical assessment of patients' communication skills to support decision making about a patient's capacity to consent to interventions and make decisions affecting future management.
• To develop clear individual care plans based on clinical guidelines and established best practice.
• To use appropriate outcome measures, such as Care Aims, to evaluate personal clinical effectiveness.
• To provide programmes of therapy activities and demonstrations of those activities to those concerned (family, staff, visitors), to enable carry over and generalisation of new skills into the wider communicative environment.
• To consider the need to adapt clinical practice to meet the needs of patients and carers, including issues relating to disability, culture and educational attainment e.g. the format of written advice, wheelchair access and interpreters.
• To ensure smooth and appropriate handover of care from one agency to another; to provide reports, reflecting specialist knowledge and interpretation of specialist assessments, to other health professionals, including GPs and Hospital consultants as requested; to make and/or recommend onward referrals to other professionals or agencies, as appropriate.
• To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local guidelines and policies.
• To submit activity data using SystmOne, accurately, regularly and promptly, in accordance with agreed guidelines and policies.
• To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines.
• To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment, ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained - including equipment loaned to clients and portable I.T. equipment.
• To take responsibility for ensuring that equipment and assessment tools and other essential supplies are requested in a timely manner.
• To participate in development of SLT Service risk management, quality standards setting and Clinical Governance/audit projects, advising clinical lead of any changes or developments that may affect service planning and policy.
• To participate in undergraduate clinical and observational placements for all relevant disciplines.
• To supervise the work of less experienced SLTs, students and assistants and ensure that those to whom tasks are delegated, e.g. unqualified Speech and Language Therapy staff, have the appropriate level of competence.
• To have regard for your own personal safety and that of the people, carers and any staff or colleagues under your direction, in particular with regard to moving and handling of people or equipment in order to ensure the safe positioning of self and others.
• To maintain a high standard of professional practice as set out by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) in the professional code of conduct, the Health Professions Council (HPC) and service standards, including maintaining continuing professional development (CPD).
• To work within Speech and Language Therapy Operational Policy and Clinical Guidelines.

Person specification Education/Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
• Health & Care Professions Council registration number
• Completion of RCSLT dysphagia competencies
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Successful completion of a post-basic dysphagia course recognised by the RCSLT

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to acquired and progressive neurological speech and language disorders in adults
• Specialist knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to acquired and progressive neurological swallowing disorders in adults
• Knowledge of national policies, procedures and current research relevant to all caseloads.
• Awareness of the principles of clinical governance / audit
• Awareness of standards of record keeping and confidentiality
• Awareness of the roles of other professionals
• Knowledge of cultural and linguistic issues in working with a multi-cultural caseload

Skills/Experience

• At least 3 years' experience working with a specialist adult caseload, managing swallowing disorders and communication issues.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team and good team working skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills - sensitivity, observation, listening & empathy
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Good analytical and reflection skills
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work independently and to take initiative, seeking support as required
• Ability to prioritise workload demands
• Experience of supporting and supervising less experienced therapist, students and other clinical staff
• Good time management skills & ability to support others in this
• Ability to act on own initiative when responding to an emergency

Additional Requirements

• To be able to move, sit and stand in a variety of positions to deliver treatment
• Current full UK driving licence and access to a car, with the ability to travel across Trust sites

Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on or email and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.