Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Community

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Ashburton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Band 6 Speech & Language Therapist to join the Adult Community SLT team in South Devon. The role is part-time (30 hours/week) with a varied caseload including dysphagia and Parkinson’s, and involves travel to clinics and patient homes.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, receive supervision, and have access to FEES services and CPD opportunities. Weekend/home working may be required.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Experience in community adult SLT.
• Ability to manage highly complex SLT cases.
• Full driving licence and access to a car for work.

Responsibilities

• Triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy Community Adult service with colleagues.
• Independently manage a caseload of community patients with complex speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties.
• Provide services to hospitals, nursing homes, and patients at home using a car for travel between locations.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social services, dietitians.
• Weekend and/or home working may be required to meet service needs.

Skills

Dysphagia management

Caseload management

Clinical supervision

Multidisciplinary teamwork

CPD access

Driving licence

Referral triage

Education

Registered Speech and Language Therapist

Tools

FEES

Job description

The Adult Community Speech & Language Therapy Team have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced band 6 Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team in a permanent position, based in beautiful South Devon, with easy access to beautiful beaches and moors. The position is part-time, 30 hours/wk.

• An opportunity to work with a varied caseload, including Parkinson’s Disease, dementia, stroke and MND.
• Access to instrumental swallowing assessment - in particular our well-developed Fees service.
• 1:1 regular management supervision.
• Access to clinical supervision 1:1 and in peer groups.
• Joint working and second opinions with our clinical specialists.
• Regular opportunities for CPD
• A car owner/driver and current driving licence is essential or full access to a car for work purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005).
• To be responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy Community Adult service alongside SLT colleagues
• To independently manage a caseload of community patients with highly complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice
• To prioritise and respond to referrals, allocating to less experienced colleagues and exercising professional judgement based on extended clinical experience
• Provide a service as appropriate to hospitals, nursing, residential homes and patients own homes, using own car to travel between relevant locations for clinic visits, meetings etc.
• To function as part of a multi-disciplinary team including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social services personnel, social care, and dietitians
• Weekend working and home working may be required in order to provide a service model that meets future requirements

Why Work With Us

• We are a small, friendly team of dynamic and enthusiastic therapists and support workers.
• We work as part of an integrated care organisation, the first in the UK, serving rural and urban communities in South Devon. The demography has a high elderly population
• We provide well led acute, community and specialist services, to people from the local area, and were one of the first to run therapist led FEES clinics in the UK
• Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and support for our clinicians

Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Harris Job title: Head of Speech & Language Therapy Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07919 547361