Main area: Senior Speech and Language Therapist
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder will be required to work a shift pattern 8am-4pm or 12-8pm and working a weekend 9am -5pm on a rotational basis (approx one weekend in every 12 weeks) and taking a turn to cover bank holidays 9am-5pm.)
Job ref: 364-A-8597-A
Site: 1 Town: Billericay
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/03/2025 23:59
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
* We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
* We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).
Our Vision and Values
Our Vision: “To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.”
Our Purpose: “We care for people every day. What we do together, matters.”
Our Values:
* We Care
* We Empower
Our Strategic Objectives:
* We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
* We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
* We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
* We will help our communities to thrive.
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to join an effective multidisciplinary team. Offering enhanced support to adults with a learning disability, living in their own homes; preventing admissions into assessment and treatment units -as recommended within transforming care guidance.
The post holder will join another Senior Speech and Language Therapist and a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to offer clinical assessment and treatment to patients living in the community and offering an in-reach service to the learning disability assessment and treatment ward based in Billericay (Byron Court).
The post holder will have clinical supervision from the Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in the learning disability service and will have day-to-day support from the team lead in Enhanced Support Team.
The working hours of the team are 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank holidays 9am-5pm. The post holder will be required to work a shift pattern 8am-4pm/12noon-8pm and a rotation of weekends (one every 12 weeks). The post will require travelling to patients homes and day opportunities so a car driver is essential with access to their own vehicle. The post holder will be required to visit patients living in Southend, Castlepoint and Rochford, Basildon, Wickford, Brentwood and Thurrock.
Main Duties of the Job
* To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs and their carers when required by communication service.
* To provide a community based Speech and Language Therapy Service including Dysphagia to Adults with Learning Disabilities within the South Essex area and their staff/carers.
Working for Our Organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
* To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs and their carers when required by communication service.
* To undertake joint assessments with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professionals within this specialist area of adults with learning disabilities.
Person Specification
Education
* Recognised Speech and Language Qualification –Degree or equivalent
* HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist
* Strong evidence of CPD (portfolio) to reflect specialist skill development
* Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
* Post Graduate Dysphagia Qualification or equivalent in-house training and log of supervised practice
Knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of a broad range of approaches to the assessment and management of patients with swallowing difficulties
* Experience of working with a wide range of acquired communication and swallowing disorders within an acute setting.
* Experience of independently managing a complex and busy caseload with support and supervision from colleagues.
* Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
* Experience of supervising/ supporting junior staff, students or assistants.
Personal Qualities
* Shares the Trust’s Beliefs and models this in their attitude and behaviour:
* Fitness Analysis as appropriate
* Current driving licence
* Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to attend meetings, etc.
Please note: staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Come and work at EPUT and make a difference in people’s lives.
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