Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Salary: £37338.00 to £44962.00
Date posted: 6th March 2025
Closing date: 23rd March 2025
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Job Description
Are you passionate about Learning Disability and Neurodiversity? Could you work as a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist within our exciting new service development providing a 10 bed regional inpatient unit for people with a learning disability and/or autistic people with treatable mental health needs? Do you want to work in an organisation which is genuinely committed to meeting your individual needs as well as the needs of patients?
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic and innovative Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our team. You will work alongside a Professional Lead for Speech & Language Therapy, an Advanced Speech & Language Therapist, and a Speech & Language Therapist Assistant Practitioner, as well as holding close links with community learning disability and neurodiversity team colleagues.
You will be a key member of a large multi-disciplinary team, with the opportunity to help shape and develop the Speech & Language Therapy team to deliver consistently high-quality care and treatment. You will also support the transition from our existing service to the new development. The new unit will be state of the art and has been carefully designed and developed with clinicians and people with lived experience.
The post is currently subject to job matching.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for helping the Speech & Language Therapy service within the specialist in-patient unit. You will be responsible for undertaking speech, language & communication assessments, as well as eating, drinking and swallowing assessments as required. You will work collaboratively with individuals to implement evidence-based interventions.
About Us
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion.
Job responsibilities
The principal purpose of this job is to improve clinical outcomes for adults with a Learning Disability and Autistic adults through provision of Speech & Language assessments, evidenced-based interventions, as well as consultation, guidance and advice as part of the clinical input into the delivery of care and treatment through the Learning Disability and Autism Unit (LDAU). The role is provided as part of the in-patient and countywide service, and requires working closely with local health and social providers.
The post holder will receive professional and clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy and Professional Practice Guidelines set out by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Recognized Speech and Language Therapy qualification (including completion of RCSLT NQP Competency Framework)
* HCPC Registration and License to Practice
* Registered Practicing Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
* Evidence of CPD in clinical area
Experience
* Post-registration developing experience in working with people with a Learning Disability and/or with Autistic people, with and without a learning disability
* Experience of working in a MDT
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer details
Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: The Brook, Exeter Rd, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0NR
Contact Information: Professional Lead for Speech and Language Therapy, Ian Weller, 07966205590
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