Speech And Language Therapist

Elysium Healthcare; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Grimsby is seeking a qualified Speech and Language Therapist. The role involves delivering SLT assessments, managing complex needs, and supervising junior staff. Ideal candidates will have over 2 years of experience, be HCPC registered, and possess excellent English skills. This position offers a competitive salary and a supportive work environment with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Annual salary of £40,000

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Experience with complex needs relevant to the service population.
• HCPC registration required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standards of SLT assessment and interventions.
• Promote well-being of service users and safeguard interests.
• Supervise junior staff and students as directed.

Skills

Speech and Language Therapy assessment

Dysphagia management

Teamwork

Written English skills

Support junior staff

Education

Professional qualification enabling HCPC registration

RCSLT Membership

Job description

Overview

Are you a Speech and Language Therapist with Learning Disabilities and Autism experience, looking for the next step in your career? If so, join Bradley Complex Care in Grimsby, Lincolnshire as a Speech and Language Therapist.

Our service users have an array of complex sensory and communicative needs, and some have physiological problems such as dysphagia where there is a risk of choking presenting significant risk to life.

You will lead group therapeutic sessions, helping people develop and improve their speech and communication. Building one-to-one rapport with service users, you will encourage engagement and empower recovery. You will have experience in managing a designated caseload using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.

You will have support from a Speech and Language Assistant, Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist. You will also provide clinical supervision for the Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.

With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you\'ll receive support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of training courses to support you reach your career goals.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) assessment and interventions within the service area providing as required.
• Provide specialist dysphagia assessment and intervention to service users, depending on the needs of the service.
• Assist the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in maintaining efficient and effective services including identifying necessary changes to provision.
• Participate fully with the multidisciplinary / transdisciplinary team and ensure that the service user outcomes are aligned to aid their ongoing management.
• Take appropriate action where concerns are raised with regards to performance or conduct of others via raising to senior management as required.
• Promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all service users, employees and visitors.
• Ensure the confidentiality, security and accuracy of data and information and compliance with regulatory guidelines and statutory requirements.
• Maintain and evidence standards of competence as defined by the HCPC and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Provision of SLT advice and consultation to others involved in service user\'s care. As an autonomous practitioner, he/she will be responsible for their own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies.
• To supervise junior staff/students as directed by the role holder\'s line manager.

To be successful in this role, you\'ll need

• Successful completion of professional qualification, enabling registration with the HCPC as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• To be a RCSLT Member
• Registration with the HCPC as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• 2 years\' experience or more working as a HCPC Speech and Language Therapist.
• Experience (either pre training on training or subsequently) of working with people with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.
• Experience of supporting junior staff including students.
• Exceptional written English skills

What you will get

• Annual salary of £40,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person\'s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.