East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
We are recruiting! This is an exciting opportunity to join our integrated speech therapy team in Suffolk, supporting the delivery of a new post across the acute and learning disability services.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician to join our award-winning Speech & Language Therapy team. This role is split between our acute inpatient team who are based in Ipswich hospital, and the community based team for adults with Learning Disability & Autism who work county-wide across Suffolk. This new role aims to pilot how we can best support the transition of care of adults with learning disabilities between inpatient and community settings, as well as working with our wider inpatient caseload of adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties on the acute general wards.
We are primarily seeking a Band 6 Speech Therapist, but would be open to applicants working at a band 5 level as long as they are qualified and able to practice independently. While this role will initially be fixed term for one year, there is possibility that this could be extended.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a therapist who is passionate about delivering high quality, evidence-based services for these populations, who relishes working in a busy environment, and who is skilled at building and maintaining relationships with colleagues across professions and organisations. You will have experience of working with people with complex communication and swallowing difficulties, and be a strong team player who is comfortable with working independently when required.
You will have access to excellent support, and opportunities to develop clinical skills in dysphagia and communication across a range of client groups. The post offers a rare opportunity to shape this new role, while building clinical, leadership and team-working skills.
Our integrated model means that you will benefit from being part of a broad speech therapy team that spans inpatient acute and stroke services, outpatient ENT services (voice and head and neck cancer), community services including stroke early supported discharge teams, and learning disability services. We have specialist therapists in critical care, dementia, progressive neurological conditions, and dysfluency among many others, as well as regular access to FEES and videofluoroscopy to support you to develop skills and work effectively.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Our Team offers:
* Flexible working opportunities
* Regular CPD and in service training
* Strong supervisions structures and support
* Access to leadership development opportunities
* Opportunities for staff across all bandings to contribute to service improvement and influence service delivery
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Assessment of communication impairments by various means, including informal assessment and formal assessment
* Differential diagnosis of patients with multiple aetiologies
* Understanding of triage/clinical prioritisation
* Assessment/knowledge of alternative/ augmentative communication systems
* Knowledge of evidence based practice in relation to dysphagia and communication assessment, and therapy intervention
* Knowledge of use of instrumental assessments in dysphagia management.
* Involvement in audit/clinical governance within Speech and Language Therapy
* Use of outcome measures and evidence based practice.
* Awareness of change in NHS and current legislation
Qualifications
* RCSLT recognised degree or equivalent
* Membership of RCSLT
* HCPC membership
* Ability to travel to different places of work/driving licence
* Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
* Evidence of attendance at relevant specialist courses
Experience
* Experience of working in various settings
* Experience of working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of liaising with other agencies/other staff groups
* Experience of working with elderly/unwell people
* Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
* Experience of independently managing own caseload
* Experience of working with people with complex communication needs.
* Teaching/training other staff
* Experience of supervising staff
* Experience of working with people with physical disability or mental illness
* Experience of working with people with autism
* Experience of delivering Inclusive Communication approaches to provider services and evaluating effectiveness
* Experience of people working with progressive/terminal illness.
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.
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