Senior SLT – Autism & Learning Disabilities

CPFT; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is recruiting a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for the Adult Learning Disability Intensive Support Team in Peterborough. You will provide specialist assessment, intervention and consultation for adults with learning disabilities and complex communication needs.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to admission prevention, safe care planning and discharge pathways, while maintaining HCPC

Qualifications

• HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Dysphagia competency or commitment to develop dysphagia skills.
• RCSLT membership.

Responsibilities

• To provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention for adults with a learning disability who present with communication, eating, drinking and swallowing needs.
• To independently manage and prioritise a specialist caseload within the Intensive Support Team, using clinical reasoning, risk assessment and evidence-based practice to inform intervention and support planning.
• To provide defined sessional Speech and Language Therapy input to The Hollies Learning Disability Assessment and Treatment Service, supporting assessment, care planning, dysphagia management, communication support and discharge planning.
• To assess and support people with complex communication needs through accessible information, reasonable adjustments, Total Communication approaches and Augmentative and Alternative Communication where appropriate.
• To undertake dysphagia assessment and intervention in line with professional competency, local policy and clinical governance requirements, including development of safe eating and drinking recommendations and risk management plans.
• To contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, formulation, care planning, positive behaviour support, safeguarding, capacity related discussions, risk review and discharge planning.
• To provide timely specialist advice to colleagues, carers, families and providers regarding communication support, dysphagia management, reasonable adjustments and communication-friendly practice.
• To work autonomously within professional and organisational boundaries, seeking advice and support appropriately through supervision and professional networks.

Skills

Experience with learning disabilities

Autism experience

Excellent communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Assessment & intervention for complex 

Education

HCPC registration

Dysphagia competency

RCSLT membership

Job description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is recruiting a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for the Adult Learning Disability Intensive Support Team in Peterborough. You will provide specialist assessment, intervention and consultation for adults with learning disabilities and complex communication needs.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to admission prevention, safe care planning and discharge pathways, while maintaining HCPC