Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to join the Assessment and Treatment Service and Enhanced Assessment and Treatment Service (EATS) based at Astley Court in Norfolk.
The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary specialist learning disability health team working within Astley Court and across the county of Norfolk as part of the EATS team.
You will be forward thinking and able to demonstrate clinical knowledge in the area of adult learning disabilities based on current evidence. You will autonomously undertake specialist assessments and interventions with individuals with both communication difficulties and dysphagia.
You will receive regular clinical supervision and support from the Senior Lead Speech and Language Therapist and peers. You will be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development activities.
Main duties of the job
* To provide high quality, comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention for specified service user group.
* To manage a caseload using evidence-based person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in clinic and community settings and on home visits.
* To provide this service to service users within Astley Court who present with communication and/or dysphagia difficulties.
* To provide support to service users across the county of Norfolk who are at risk of admission to Astley Court as part of the EATS team, and to assist in the transition of service users from Astley Court into the community.
* To undertake supervision of junior staff and students as required.
* To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission .
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job responsibilities
Key Relationships:
* To work with other members of Astley Court and EATS team.
* To work with service users and carers within Specialist Learning Disability Services.
* To work with other stakeholders including Health Facilitation, Community Learning Disability Teams, Primary and Secondary Care Services.
* To link with other SLTs, particularly those in the Learning Disabilities and Forensic business stream.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* To manage a mixed caseload, using evidence-based person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for the specified service user group.
* To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
* To maintain clinical records.
* To develop skills and knowledge.
Clinical Responsibility
* To assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans for service users within Astley Court assessment and treatment service, including those with profound learning disabilities, additional sensory and/or physical disability, mental health diagnosis and/or challenging behaviour.
* To assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans for service users presenting with dysphagia.
* To be responsible for managing a defined caseload, in the context of the service caseload, with ongoing evaluation of clinical effectiveness.
* To work with and be available to other SLTs and generic technicians for support and joint consultation regarding clinical practice as required.
* To be an autonomous practitioner.
* To work with service users and carers to identify SLT requirements as part of the overall care plan.
* To plan and implement individual interventions, in collaboration with the service user and carer.
* To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions with service users to ensure effectiveness of intervention and positive outcomes.
* To have knowledge and understanding of the application of alternative and augmentative communication.
* To have the skills needed to facilitate group work with service users.
* To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual clients.
* To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decisions about their care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* SLT registration.
Experience
* Previous SLT clinical practice.
* SLT experience in LD field.
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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