Specialist Speech & Lanaguage Therapist

Superchem Industries; Brighton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Speech & Language Therapist to join their supportive community team. This role involves providing specialist therapy to clients with speech and swallowing disorders, ensuring personalized care is at the forefront. You'll be part of a nurturing environment that values professional growth and teamwork. With a commitment to diversity and wellbeing, this organization offers a range of benefits and a collaborative atmosphere. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others and possess the necessary skills, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Salary sacrifice scheme

Occupational Health services

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy is essential.
• Dysphagia training and experience are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist speech and language therapy to outpatient adults.
• Manage and prioritize own workload, developing treatment plans.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Time Management

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Job description

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

About

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire etc.

Making a difference for you, with you. Our vision, mission and values are all part of the roadmap for all we do

Our dedication to caring and making a difference doesn’t just extend to our patients, but to our staff too. Wellbeing is a Trust priority – we were the second-highest scoring Trust in the country for the Wellbeing measure on the 2018 National Staff Survey. We are actively committed to promoting equal opportunities and diversity, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to equal opportunities is reflected in our staff networks (BME - Black Minority Ethnic, LGBTQ, Disability and Working Carers). We also hold the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition scheme Silver Award, and are a Living Wage and Disability Confident employer. We offer excellent employment benefits including:

• Large variety of learning and development courses available to staff throughout the year
• Contributory pension scheme
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• A variety of Occupational Health services and classes
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays for new starters, rising with service

Don’t just take our word for it: In 2018, 72.2% of our staff recommended NHFT as a place to work, the highest score for trusts of our type. We were also honoured to win the Health Service Journal’s coveted Trust of the Year award the same year.

Key details

Location

Site: St. Marys Hospital
Address: London Road
Town: Kettering
Postcode: NN15 7PW
Major / Minor Region: Northamptonshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Speech & Language Therapist
Interview date: 07/04/2025

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced therapist to join our friendly and supportive team to provide Maternity Leave cover and play an integral part in delivery of the community service in the North of the County. You will work within the community Team in local clinics providing Specialist Speech & Language Therapy to our services users, in clinics, Care homes or their own homes. You will have the ability to work on your own initiative yet thrive as a valued member of a of the community team and wider countywide team. You will possess excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and approach your work with energy and enthusiasm. You will be supported to continue to develop and demonstrate leadership behaviours as you are encouraged to actively contribute to the ongoing development of the service. You will be expected to provide mentorship support to colleagues, SLT Assistant Practitioners and students. Dysphagia experience is essential. This post involves working as part of the Countywide team as well and having a flexible approach to service delivery.

Advert

To assess, develop and implement specialist speech and language therapy treatment to outpatient adults with swallowing and speech and language disorders (non-complex cases). To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures. To use clinical skills to generate written reports reflecting specialist knowledge. To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of patients with speech and language and/or swallowing disorders (non-complex). To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness, adapting and facilitating according to perceived client needs, including cultural and linguistic differences. To manage and prioritise own workload, developing clear treatments plans based on best practice. To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes. To use skills to general appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues. To work collaboratively with clients, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/client management, across a variety of locations and agencies. To demonstrate and use specialist knowledge and skills to analyse complex issues in order to inform clinical judgements/decision making for caseload management and to design appropriate treatment from a range of options.

Working for our organisation

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy
• Dysphagia training and experience

Desirable criteria

• Membership to CEN

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills: Able to listen well and counsel patients and carers. Able to demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues.
• Able to communicate effectively, particularly where barriers to understand exist.
• Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills.
• Able to organise work load and manage time.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Leonie Bird
Job title: Professional Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 03000270027

Additional information: Rhenna Fay Ritchie
[email protected]