Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Banks; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Clinical supervision

Senior staff support

CPD access

Flexible working options

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a 12-month maternity cover in the mental health speech and language therapy service. You will assess, treat and plan care for adults with communication and swallowing difficulties on specialist inpatient wards, with involvement in audit, research and training initiatives.

The post requires HCPC registration and CPD in mental health or autism; access to transport is needed as wards are on multiple sites.

Job description

This 12-month maternity cover post sits within the mental health speech and language therapy service at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will assess, treat and plan care for adults with communication and swallowing difficulties on specialist inpatient wards, alongside audit, research and training work. The wards span several sites, so access to transport is needed, and the role joins a trust-wide network of SLTs. Applicants need HCPC registration and evidence of CPD in mental health or autism.

What the job involves

• Assess, treat and plan care for ward caseloads as part of the multidisciplinary team
• Deliver evidence-based, highly specialised speech and language interventions across mental health wards
• Provide a dysphagia and speech, language and communication needs service
• Identify and lead audit, research and quality improvement projects
• Lead or contribute to training and development for other professionals
• Contribute to ward objectives and to CQC requirements and regulatory standards
• Work with the wider mental health SLT team to share practice, coordinate projects and arrange ward cover during leave

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree or Masters in Speech and Language Therapy
• Evidence of CPD in a related clinical field such as mental health or autism

Registration & licences

• Current HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist, and responsibility for maintaining it

Experience

• Treating a broad range of speech, language, communication and dysphagia conditions in the clinical specialty
• Evidence of improving and developing service and practice
• Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change

Skills & knowledge

• In-depth knowledge relevant to the post, including dysphagia
• Understanding of the clinical governance framework, including audit and research governance
• In-depth understanding of current NHS, government, public health and NICE policy and guidelines, and the ability to adapt them to local service needs through published documents

Other

• Access to transport, as the wards are across several sites

What’s offered

• Clinical and professional supervision
• Specialist support from experienced senior staff
• Continuing professional development
• Membership of a trust-wide professional forum and the mental health SLT clinical excellence network
• Support for flexible working, including term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
• Wellbeing resources and support