Speech and Language Therapist

Derbyshirehealthcareft; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein innovatives Unternehmen sucht einen engagierten Speech and Language Therapist, um ein unterstützendes Team zu verstärken. In dieser Rolle arbeiten Sie mit Erwachsenen mit Lernbehinderungen und bieten hochwertige Kommunikations- und Dysphagietherapie an. Sie werden Teil eines multidisziplinären Teams, das sich auf personenzentrierte Ansätze konzentriert. Diese Position bietet Ihnen die Möglichkeit, Ihre Fähigkeiten in einem flexiblen Arbeitsumfeld weiterzuentwickeln und sich an verschiedenen Schulungen und Netzwerken zu beteiligen. Wenn Sie leidenschaftlich daran interessiert sind, das Leben von Menschen positiv zu beeinflussen, freuen wir uns auf Ihre Bewerbung.

Benefits

27 Tage Jahresurlaub plus Feiertage

Jährliche Beurteilung und Weiterbildung

Gute Elternzeitregelungen

Gesundheitsdienst-Rabatte

Kostenloses vertrauliches Mitarbeiterhilfeprogramm

Zugang zu Netzwerken für LGBT+, BAME und Christen

Gesundheits- und Wellnessmöglichkeiten

Strukturierte Lern- und Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der Arbeit mit Menschen mit Sprach-, Kommunikations- und Lernschwierigkeiten.
• Bereitschaft zur Weiterentwicklung im Bereich Dysphagie-Management.

Responsibilities

• Bereitstellung klinischer Dienstleistungen für Erwachsene mit Lernbehinderungen.
• Durchführung umfassender Kommunikationsbewertungen und Interventionen.

Skills

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Dysphagie-Management

Teamarbeit

Personenzentrierte Intervention

Education

Anerkannte SLT-Qualifikation

HCPC-Registrierung

Mitglied der RCSLT

Tools

Formale und informelle SLT-Bewertungen

Job description

We have an exciting new post for a band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our team. The Adult Neurodevelopmental Service works with clients with a learning disability and covers South Derbyshire area. This post will include community and day centre visits as well as working from home and from a base.

We are a small, friendly and supportive team of Speech and Language Therapists who keep in regular contact with eachother.As a member of the team you will have access to regular caseload and clinical supervision, plus an annual appraisal that supports you to plan and achieve goals from your own Personal Development Plan. There are opportunities to explore different specialist areas within the LD team and continue your professional development by shadowing others and attending training courses or clinical excellent networks.

Main duties of the job

As a team we work with people with a learning disability over the age of 18 years. We take a person centred approach and our focus is to provide high quality communication and dysphagia assessment and intervention to our clients (and support those closest to them).

You will be working as part of a Multidisciplinary Team alongside Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Counsellors, Therapy Assistants, Psychiatrists, carers and family members.

As a band 5 you we will support you to hold your own clinical caseload and work both as a team and independently. Knowledge and skills in learning disabilities is advantageous. You should have willingness to enhance your skills in dysphagia management.

The successful candidate will need to have means of transport to cover the different community localities in South Derbyshire area including Derby City, Amber Valley, Erewash and Swadlincote.

As a clinical employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those of the DHCFT trust.

If you have excellent communication skills, a willingness to be flexible and a commitment to delivering high quality person-centred, evidence based care then we would like to hear from you. We welcome applications from those who are newly qualified or from therapists currently working with other client groups who wish to move into this field. We are able to offer further external dysphagia training for those who are not formally trained in this area.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for the full details. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

The successful candidate will:

Provide a clinical service to adults with learning disabilities.

Tocarry out comprehensive communication assessments of clients/ environments using a range of observational and formal tools:

• In order to provide appropriate and effective intervention
• To inform others and facilitate a holistic approach
• To evaluate and measure outcomes.

To provide dysphagia assessment and interventions for adults with learning disabilities.

To provide person centred goal directed interventions (through one to one, group, and Consultancy Model).

To work in collaboration within the team around a client including family, carers and colleagues from a range of professions and agencies health, education, social services and the voluntary sector.

Person Specification

Attainments and qualifications

• Recognised SLT qualification
• HCPC registration
• Member of RCSLT
• Completion of dysphagia competencies up to level B

Experience

• Experience of working with people with speech, language and communication needs
• Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
• Experience of working with people with eating and drinking and swallowing difficulties
• Experience of MDT working

Skills and Knowledge

• Experience of using formal and informal SLT assessments

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.