Consultant Speech and Language Therapist - Adult Learning Disabilities Service

NHS Highland; Inverness; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Highland seeks a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist to lead the ALD SLT service in the Highlands. Based in Inverness, the post is Band 8a, 0.8 WTE, permanent, with leadership, development and strategic oversight responsibilities.

You will provide highly specialist input, supervise staff, and support education for professionals, carers and students, traveling as required across the North Highland area.

Qualifications

• Extensive ALD SLT experience with leadership and strategic planning.
• Excellent communication skills across MDTs and carers.
• Willingness to travel across the Highlands; driving licence required.
• BSc in Speech Pathology and Therapeutics with HCPC registration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the ALD SLT service for adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum disorders.
• Provide specialist clinical input and consultancy to adults with LD and the wider MDT.
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery and supervise less experienced therapists.
• Offer expert teaching and strategic guidance to the SLT team and partners.
• Deliver complex case management and contribute to quality improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Team leadership

Education

BSc in Speech Pathology and Therapeutics

HCPC registration

RCSLT registration preferred

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Consultant Speech and Language Therapist Adult Learning Disabilities

Based in Inverness

Band 8a

Permanent 0.8 WTE Post

This Post Provides

• Leadership, development and provision of a dynamic specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum disorders who have communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties.
• Specialist professional leadership for the members of the ALD SLT team and wider team to maintain excellent standards of service, promote team cohesion and provide strategic guidance and oversight for the current ALD service into the wider MDT
• Day to day co-ordination of ALD SLT service delivery.
• Highly specialist clinical input to the ALD service and a specialist overview and support as a consultancy service to adults with learning disabilities, their carers and other statutory voluntary bodies.
• Complex case management
• Strategic guidance for the Adult SLT Head of Service and the AHP Lead.
• Clinical leadership and strategic direction and oversight for the Speech and Language Therapy service for adults with learning disabilities in North Highland.
• Advice and education for the multidisciplinary/SLT teams as required, undertaking specialist teaching within the clinical areas of ALD to a diverse range of professionals, carers and students and supervise less experienced therapists

Line management and professional support for the ALD team, including this post, is provided by the North Highland Adult SLT Head of Service

The ALD SLT Team sits within the wider SLT adult team which is friendly and dynamic team of 20 Speech and Language Therapists serving the North Highland Area, and covering the full range of Adult Acquired specialisms.

The SLT Team has a strong commitment to Professional Development, supervision and Quality improvement.

Applicants will require extensive relevant experience of working in ALD SLT and will be able to demonstrate excellent leadership and strategic planning skills as well as excellent communication skills.

A BSc, or equivalent, in Speech Pathology and Therapeutics, is essential, and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. Registration with RCSLT is preferred

As this is a Highland-wide post, travel is an essential part of this role therefore a driving licence is required

NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through .