Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
About
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As An Integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability And Community Trust, Lancashire And South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Provides a Range Of Services Including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Our Trust Values represent what we as an organisation, and the individuals who make up that organisation, are about. It is our aim that everything we do fits in with, and reinforces, these values.
Key details
Location: East Lancashire Sites, Blackburn, BB2 1AX
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)
Job Overview
Exciting opportunities have arisen for a suitably qualified Speech and Language Therapists to join the forward thinking and super friendly Childrens Speech and Language Therapy Teams in the Pennine locality. We cover the Burnley and Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen and Hyndburn Ribble Valley Rossendale areas of Lancashire.
We are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. The 3 Teams consist of SLTs and OTs working together.
The Childrens Speech & Language Therapy teams provide high quality services to children with speech, language and communication difficulties across the locality. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, childrens own homes, nurseries and schools. We work closely with families and with colleagues in health, education and social care and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships.
Working for our organisation
You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have experience of working with children with diverse speech, language and communication needs. An interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable but not essential.
You will manage your own time and caseload effectively and also support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload. We are committed to promoting professional development in all staff and you should be enthusiastic about developing your leadership skills in service innovation. A significant supervision and support structure is in place to ensure competencies are met and specific areas of interest developed. Demonstrating a proactive approach to your own clinical and professional development and having a sound understanding of evidence based practice is important.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
A flexible and creative approach is essential to enable the service to continue to drive towards improving quality for children and families.
For further information about the posts please review the Job Description and Person Spec enclosed.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Please be aware, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. Failure to do so may result in your application being withdrawn.
We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form, and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.
Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria:
* Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
* Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Knowledge
Essential criteria:
* Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
* Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools
* Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes
* Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
Experience
Essential criteria:
* Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
* Safeguarding of children/adults and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Alison McCarthy
Job title: Team Co-Ordinator
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01282 628359
OR
Name: Caroline Mercer, Team Coordinator, Blackburn with Darwen
Telephone number: 01254 283103
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