Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist -Specialist Autism Team

Integrated Care System; Leicester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Specialist Autism Team in Leicester. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to make a significant impact on the lives of Autistic individuals. This role offers flexibility, continued professional development, and a supportive working environment, suitable for someone seeking to advance their career.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

Free parking

Free uniform

Regular health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Experience working with autistic individuals.
• Full UK Driving License is required.

Responsibilities

• Support Autistic patients with communication difficulties.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver care.
• Contribute to training and development within the team.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Effectiveness

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist -Specialist Autism Team

Are you an experienced speech and language therapist looking for career development or a new challenge? Do you want to work as part of a small but supportive multi-disciplinary team making a real difference to the lives of Autistic people? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We have the exciting opportunity for Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Specialist Autism Team.You will be working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland as part of a wide-ranging MDT, supporting a huge variety of Autistic patients with communication difficulties.

You will be working in homes and other community settings with carers, families and the individuals themselves to ensure that everyone is included in the planning and delivery of care. Please note that a full UK Driving License and access to a car during working hours is required for this role.

You will find us a supportive team, with lots of supervision, CPD opportunities and the chance to develop special interests. We have fun too, with regular health and wellbeing activities that we would love you to be a part of.

We offer flexible and hybrid working policies, free parking at base and free uniform!

If you are interested in knowing more about this role, please contact Alice Templeman on 07769 136 093 or email on [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Contribute to the delivery of Specialist Autism Team Post Diagnostic Pathway with access to professional advice and guidance.
• Be responsible for their own workload with support around prioritisation.
• Work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team and with other agencies.
• Participate in the development and delivery of training to others in relation to individual clients.
• Supervise the work of assistants, Band 5's, volunteers and students as required when fully registered with RCSLT.
• Contribute to service development and audit projects.
• Demonstrate clinical effectiveness by the use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.