Banding would be based on experience we would welcome applicants at Band 5 (including newly qualified therapists) or Band 6 level. We will provide training opportunities and development whatever career stage you are at.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive, welcoming and innovative team. We have part time (0.5 WTE) and fixed term (18.75 hours per week to end of March 2025) available, for a Speech and Language Therapist, within the Adult Speech and Language Therapy Community Team based in Nottingham city.
The service provides high quality, evidence based, swallowing and communication assessments, rehabilitation and interventions, for adults with a range of disorders such as dementias, Parkinsons, FND, long-covid, respiratory and adults who stammer.
Patients are seen at home, in clinics, care homes, and in therapeutic groups including adult dysfluency, post stroke total communication skills, and a Parkinsons voice maintenance group. We also offer intensive rehabilitation programmes where appropriate, and training to care home staff and other professionals.
Please contact us if you have any questions or wish to discuss any aspect of the post. Informal visits to the team are also welcomed.
Main duties of the job
There are many opportunities for training and development including regular one-to-one supervision, shadowing, monthly SLT clinical meetings, Clinical Excellence Networks (such as the East Midlands Progressive Neurology CEN) and specialist training in clinical interventions such as Speak OUT and dysphagia rehabilitation.
The successful applicant will need to be flexible, innovative, organised and keen to learn for the benefit of your patients.
Main duties of the job:
* Communication and swallowing assessments
* Clinical interventions/treatments for adults with acquired swallowing and communication needs and those who stammer
* Caseload management
* Supervision of staff and students
* Training for carers, family members and other professionals
* Involvement in service development projects and audits
We work closely with other community health and social care teams, and the voluntary sector. Our clients present with a wide range of aetiologies including stroke, end of life, dementia, neurological, mental health and respiratory conditions.
About us
We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value-driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference every day to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in people's lives.
CityCare values the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.
CityCare is an equal opportunities employer. We are positive about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a different format please contact Human Resources on 0115 8839418. CityCare is committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
* The post holder will deliver Speech and Language Therapy care in a range of community environments to adults over 18 who are presenting with communication and swallowing difficulties. The team is unidisciplinary, but s/he will work with a range of other professionals, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, dieticians, nurses and medical consultants, social workers and a range of other carers and community personnel. S/he will encounter a wide range of physically and emotionally challenging conditions in clients' homes and other environments in the community. Nottingham is a culturally diverse city with many multi-ethnic, bilingual, and multi-lingual speaking communities. These may provide potential barriers to communication, which could affect delivery of client care. Speech and language therapists will need to have an awareness of, and sensitivity to, social, cultural, and economic issues.
* To work as a specialised clinician, acting as an autonomous practitioner in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of adults with communication, cognitive and/or swallowing disorders arising from complex and/or chronic problems.
* To work with the adult services team contributing to the planning, developing and delivering an effective and efficient service, including auditing practice.
Dimensions
* You will be working in a variety of community settings which may include a client's own home/residential home/nursing home and out-patient clinics setting up assessment, treatment including rehabilitation programmes for clients, carers, and families.
* To participate actively in the services training strategy, including in-service training. Trust and multi-agency training.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical
* Communicate highly complex and sensitive clinical information to clients, carers, and families in a clear, accessible and empathetic format, both in written and verbal form.
* Make differential diagnosis using complex information gathered from formal and informal communication assessments, medical notes and information from other agencies and professionals. Using this information to develop and implement/provide specialist packages of care and treatment, to meet the needs of the client group and evaluate outcomes.
* Develop and deliver a range of training packages for health and education professionals, other agencies and families.
* Manage and prioritise a specialist caseload independently.
* Use specialist knowledge to make sound clinical decisions/judgements following assessment of complex cases within specific specialist area.
* Accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries seeking more specialist advice as appropriate.
* Work independently within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
* Plan and deliver training for other professionals related to the client group.
* Organise appointments and book clinics for individual and group therapy sessions.
* Responsible for keeping up-to-date client-based record/notes and inputting to electronic clinical information systems.
Team Working
* Implement departmental plans and policies.
* Use specialist knowledge to contribute to development, evaluation and change of service/team plans and policies.
* Contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building.
Professional and Managerial
* To take an active role in maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, furthering specialist knowledge incorporating evidence-based practice, e.g. in-service training, reading, special interest groups and external training courses. Maintain a portfolio, which reflects personal development.
* To maintain and update clinical skills as agreed in an annual Performance Review and Development (PRD).
* Day-to-day supervision and direction for Speech and Language Therapy Admin, band 5 SLTs and Assistant Practitioners, as required.
* Involved in the training of less experienced Speech and Language Therapists, students, outside agencies and parents/carers around specific specialist area.
* Provide advice in specialist area to more junior colleagues.
* Offer clinical supervision for junior members of staff.
* Undertake regular clinical supervision/peer supervision as identified.
* This is not an exhaustive list of duties. Any substantive changes in the work undertaken will be carried out after consultation with the jobholder.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
* Well established knowledge of assessment tools and treatment for specialist group
* Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
* Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
* Good IT and presentation skills both written and verbal
* Demonstrates effective ability to prioritise a large caseload
* Demonstrates the ability to work well in a team and to see the benefits of teamwork
* Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
* Understanding of the principles of clinical governance/audit
* Knowledge of standards of record keeping
* Enthusiasm to become involved in new initiatives
Experience
* Relevant post-graduate experience working autonomously in assessing and managing clients with acquired swallowing and communication disorders, such as stroke
* Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
* Experience of goal setting
* Experience working as SLT in the community, including in people's own homes and care homes
* Experience of group therapy for communication
* Experience of training other professionals or carers
* Experience of AAC equipment relevant to client group
* Experience of providing formal supervision to students and other members of an SLT team
* Experience of being involved in service improvement projects
Special Requirements
* Ability to be flexible over hours worked within contracted hours to meet the needs of the service
* Ability to work out of hours
* Full driving licence and the ability to travel between locations
* To participate in and fulfil the requirements of the Directors on-call arrangements.
Qualifications
* Speech & Language therapy Degree Qualification
* Health and Care professions council licence to practice
* Registered member of RCSLT
* Post graduate Dysphagia training
* Evidence of successful completion of short courses related to client group
* Advanced dysphagia training
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata for part-time
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