Job Overview
Are you enthusiastic, motivated and looking for an opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills? Do you have a desire to support individuals with complex communication and swallowing needs? If so we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our service.
We are looking for a speech and language therapy assistant to join our team who is creative, driven and solution focused and capable of working independently with the support of the qualified therapists and the assistant team.
You will be given the opportunity to develop as an integral member of the Adult Speech and Language Therapy team, providing face-to-face intervention to clients with swallowing and communication difficulties in community settings, such as their own home and care homes. The team works with people with a variety of diagnoses including complex, progressive conditions.
Some of your time will be spent working with people with complex dementia on the Mental Health inpatient wards at the Evington Centre.
This role will include working with patients and their carers both 1:1, and in communication therapy groups and supporting qualified Therapists in their roles.
You will also provide support to the speech and language therapists by preparing therapy resources, such as communication picture aids, and collating medical information from medical notes, patients and carers. You will also have regular opportunities for continuing professional development.
We will use a competency framework to structure your professional development. We welcome applications from people looking for a band 3 job with the opportunity to progress to band 4 upon satisfactory completion of competencies. We would also consider recruiting at a band 4 level for candidates with extensive clinical experience with working directly with this patient group.
It is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
Your responsibilities will include working autonomously to meet individual patient needs.
You will have the ability to plan and deliver ongoing clinical interventions e.g. home visits, organising appointments and assessments.
You will also be an excellent communicator with patients, carers and within the team.
You will be quick to report any concerns you have about patient care and regularly raise any questions or ideas relating to the service with the rest of the team.
You will have excellent rapport building skills with patients and their carers, as well as conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Our Speech and Language Therapy Service is county-wide supported by a dedicated administration team to provide a high quality service to the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Leicester is a vibrant and culturally diverse city with excellent transport links and surrounded by some beautiful countryside and characterful market towns. You will be joining a small team of assistants who work across the service.
We offer :
An excellent support network
Regular clinical supervision and managerial supervision
Continued professional development internal and external training as relevant to role
Regular team meetings
Please contact Rachel McMurray or Sophie Tomson, 0116 2954692 if you have any queries, or email lpt.adultspeech@nhs.net
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.