Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Leicester seeks a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for their Mental Health team. The role involves independent management of a complex caseload, providing critical assessment and therapy for clients with various mental health needs. Candidates should be dysphagia trained and have experience in mental health settings. The Trust emphasizes professional development and offers a supportive environment with supervision and training opportunities.

Benefits

Supervision and support

Training opportunities

Well-being initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Band 5/6 Speech and Language Therapist.
• Ability to manage a complex caseload independently.
• Skills in supervision and supporting students and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and therapy for patients with mental health needs.
• Support planning and delivery of high-quality therapy services.
• Contribute to the development of care pathways and communication strategies.

Skills

Dysphagia training

Mental health experience

Communication skills

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We have an excellent opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our team in Mental Health. If you are a dysphagia trained therapist, with experience of working as a Band 5/6 or someone looking for a career in mental health, then this is the role for you!

Our Speech and Language Therapists work with people who have various mental health needs including personality disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis and Huntington's. We work across acute, forensic and rehab mental health wards and also cover the Liaison and Diversion Service.

You will independently manage a complex caseload, providing assessment and therapy. You will be a core part of the MDT and be responsible for the SALT input on allocated wards and another specialist area (Huntington's Disease or Liaison and Diversion). We value CPD and offer various training, such as ADOS, Decider Skills and Counselling. We have a well-supported clinical supervision structure.

You will have access to reflective practice and formulation meetings, led by a psychologist. We would also consider a band 5/6 development. The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support.

Main duties of the job

To work as a specialist clinician supporting the planning and delivery of high-quality Speech and Language Therapy services to the client group in the Huntington's Disease and inpatient mental health services. The post holder will work to facilitate optimum communication skills and safe eating and drinking in adults with Huntington's Disease and mental health needs in the inpatient service and community.

The post holder will work independently with support from senior colleagues for more complex cases. They will take full student placements, supervise volunteers and assistants and demonstrate skills and knowledge in relation to Huntington's Disease and Mental Health.

You will contribute to the delivery and development of the Mental Health, Forensic, Challenging Behaviour and Eating and Drinking care pathways and the Communication Strategy.

About us

Leicestershire 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.

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.

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital