Specialist Speech - Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, United Kingdom - Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Adult Inpatient Mental Health SLT service across Bradford and Airedale.

The postholder will be part of a New Inpatient service development opportunity alongside a newly recruited Band 7 Clinical Lead SLT.

You will hold a caseload of patients with Mental Health diagnosis who have communication needs and/ or dysphagia. Contributing towards care planning and positive health and wellbeing outcomes. You will work alongside members of an MDT including Allied Health Professionals, Nursing, Medical and Health Care Staff. You will also have opportunities to support the development of new pathways and training packages within this role.

The Clinical Lead and the post holder will be supported by a Principal SLT across ALD and Mental Health who will have oversight and management responsibilities.

There is also a Band 7 Highly specialist SLT working in the Community Mental Health Team providing input to patients in their own homes or care settings who you will also be able to liaise with.

This is a Newly funded opportunity to develop the SLT service across the Bradford and Airedale Mental Health inpatient settings.

It is a great opportunity for somebody who would like to be involved in contributing to the development of new policies and pathways ensuring safe practice and improving health and wellbeing outcomes for service users.

To work effectively as part of the Speech and Language Therapy provision within the adult mental health inpatient services across Airedale Centre for Mental Health and Lynfield Mount by ensuring both communication and dysphagia pathways are developed and followed by all staff, training and clinical supervision is provided and standards of service provision are set, monitored, and maintained.

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Registered Speech and Language Therapist with Health Professionals Council, SLT Degree/dip Qualification, dysphagia qualification.

Mental Health Experience

In depth experience of working with adults with acquired and progressive neurological disorders / Mental Health Conditions
Experience of working in a variety of health, social, educational and residential settings
Experience supporting pre-grad SLT students, clinical support workers and junior colleagues
Evidence of training others e.g. parents, support staff, professionals

Ability to mentor SLT New Graduate, SLT Generalist and Clinical Support Workers
Able to plan and lead existing and new therapy groups
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Bracken Ward, Airedale Centre for Mental health