Speech and Language Therapist

Transskribo; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist to join a dedicated team within a leading mental health service. This role involves providing essential assessments and interventions for adults facing mental health challenges, focusing on dysphagia and communication needs. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enhance service delivery and support patient care. The position offers a chance to develop professionally while making a significant impact on the lives of individuals in need. If you are passionate about improving health outcomes and have the necessary qualifications, this role could be your next career step.

Qualifications

• Recognized speech and language therapy qualification required.
• Registration with HCPC essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide dysphagia and communication assessments to adults in inpatient settings.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver quality health interventions.

Skills

Dysphagia assessment

Communication interventions

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Staff training

Education

Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Masters in Speech and Language Therapy

Tools

RCSLT standards

HCPC registration

Job description

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Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

About

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to the people of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Service users are at the heart of our organisation. We constantly strive to provide the best possible care and support, working closely with related organisations to provide effective, accessible and modern mental health and learning disability services.

Our purpose is improving health, improving lives and this is supported by our vision, values and behaviours.

Key details

Location:
Site: Rehabilitation & Recovery services/ The Mount Older Peoples services
Address: The Mount, Woodhouse & Asket Croft, Seacroft
Town: Leeds
Postcode: LS14 6UH
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 9 months (Fixed Term or Secondment Considered)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary:
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (6)

Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a speech and language therapist to work in specialist adult mental health services (working age adults and Older Peoples Services) in Leeds and York Partnership Foundation NHS Trust. The role would provide dysphagia and communication assessments and interventions to adults who have a mental health condition and are in an in-patient setting. Intervention includes individual and group sessions and is an area of development working inclusively with service users and with the MDT.

The role will be operationally responsible to operational management across both services and clinically responsible to the Principal Speech and Language Therapist and Allied Health Professional Lead.

Main Responsibilities

• To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team offering a comprehensive service to service users who require specialist health interventions.
• To participate in the ongoing development and maintenance of quality services, ensuring ongoing commitment to the care programme approach, managing complex care directly, and indirectly e.g., training staff in strategies to support communication and/or safer swallowing.
• To participate in the education and supervision of a range of students.
• To maintain clear links with your speech and language therapy structures, Principal SLT and your AHP lead within the Trust.
• Support the speech and language therapy team development, promoting SLT role within multidisciplinary team and alerting managers to areas of SLT need and service development.
• Adherence to RCSLT speech and language therapy standards and codes of practice.

Qualifications / Registration

• Diploma, degree or masters speech and language therapy qualification recognised by RCSLT.
• Registration with HCPC.

Experience

• Fully completed NQP competencies and post graduate competencies in dysphagia.

Knowledge

• Experience in working with adults with mental illness.
• Experience in staff training and working with multidisciplinary team.

For informal enquiries please contact Susan Guthrie - 07970 905076 - [email protected]

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidates' best interest to apply as soon as possible.