Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Community

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Teignbridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and experienced Band 6 Therapist team in South Devon. This permanent position offers an exciting opportunity to work with a varied caseload, including complex speech and language difficulties, within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. Enjoy regular supervision, CPD opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex speech, language, and swallowing difficulties.
• Requirement for a car owner/driver.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Independently managing a caseload of community patients.
• Triaging referrals to the Community Adult Speech and Language Therapy service.
• Providing services to hospitals and patients' homes.

Skills

Communication

Clinical assessment

Teamwork

Professional judgement

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

The Adult Community Speech & Language Therapy Team has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Band 6 Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team in a 3-day per week permanent position, based in beautiful South Devon, with easy access to beaches and moors.

We are an innovative and motivated team within a supportive and collaborative environment that offers:

1. An opportunity to work with a varied caseload, including Parkinson’s Disease, dementia, stroke, and MND.
2. Access to instrumental swallowing assessment, particularly through our well-developed FEES service.
3. 1:1 regular management supervision.
4. Access to clinical supervision, both 1:1 and in peer groups.
5. Joint working and second opinions with clinical specialists.
6. Regular CPD opportunities.
7. Requirement for a car owner/driver and a current driving licence, or full access to a car for work purposes (unless disabled as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005).
8. Responsibility for triaging referrals to the Community Adult Speech and Language Therapy service alongside colleagues.
9. Independently managing a caseload of community patients with complex speech, language, communication, and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties, based on theory, research, and best practice.
10. Prioritising and responding to referrals, allocating cases to less experienced colleagues, exercising professional judgement.
11. Providing services to hospitals, nursing and residential homes, and patients' homes, using own car for travel between locations.
12. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social services, and dietitians.
13. Weekend and home working may be required to meet service needs.

Why Work With Us

1. We are a small, friendly team of enthusiastic therapists and support workers.
2. Part of an integrated care organisation serving rural and urban communities in South Devon, with a high elderly population.
3. Providing well-led acute, community, and specialist services; pioneers in therapist-led FEES clinics in the UK.
4. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, and excellent education and support for clinicians.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Amanda Harris
Job Title: Head of Speech & Language Therapy
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]