Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

CORNWALL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cornwall is seeking a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join the Autism Intensive Support Team. You will work closely with adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions, providing comprehensive assessments and individualized interventions to facilitate discharges and crisis support. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing complex communication needs, strong training skills, and knowledge of current legislation relating to Autism. Flexibility in workplace arrangements is supported.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts from retailers

Qualifications

• Experience working with Adults with Autism and complex communication needs.
• Good understanding of current legislation and practices relating to Autism.
• Experience delivering training programmes related to communication needs.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with Adults.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment and formulate individualized interventions.
• Lead on planning and delivery of education to health/social care workers.

Skills

Experience with Adults with Autism

Assessment and management of complex communication needs

Excellent presentation and communication skills

IT literacy and experience using digital clinical records

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined‑up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are very pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Autism Intensive Support Team in Cornwall as a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist.

Responsibilities

• To work as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with Adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions to facilitate discharge from inpatient Mental Health settings or provide crisis support in the community to prevent admission.
• To undertake comprehensive assessment of those referred using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualized interventions based on advanced clinical reasoning and partnership working.
• To encourage and enable service users and carers involvement and choice in all intervention options and decisions regarding their care plans / goals wherever possible.
• Communicate the outcome of communication assessment to relevant others to ensure that individuals are correctly supported with their communication needs.
• Lead on the planning and delivery of education to other health and social care workers on the topics of communication and/or dysphagia in Adults with Autism.
• Apply specialist knowledge to participate in the planning, development and evaluation of high quality Speech and Language Therapy services for Adults with Autism.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

The successful applicants will be working as part of a dynamic and enthusiastic Multi‑Disciplinary Team. Successful applicants will offer a service to a complex caseload of adults aged 18 and over with Autistic Spectrum Condition who are referred to the service.

Qualifications & Experience

• The ideal candidates will have experience working with Adults with Autism, assessing and managing complex communication needs, as well as complex dysphagia management experience.
• Candidates will need to have a good understanding of current legislation and practices relating to Autism and evidence of this in their day to day working. A key aspect of the role is delivering training programmes relating to communication needs so the candidates must have experience in delivering training with excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Working using technology has led to exciting developments in the way the team delivers services so candidates will need to be IT literate and have experience using digital clinical records, as well as the desire to explore new ways of engaging with stakeholders using technology. The candidates will also be required to work with multiple agencies and service providers across Cornwall which will require upon excellent communication skills.

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Career Development Opportunities

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1‑4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Benefits

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles – throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644.