Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,753 - £52,067 per annum (incl of HCAS) +5.5% 2024/25 Pay Award |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2024 |
| Location: | Reading, RG6 6BZ |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6593522/371-CFS337 |
Summary
Are you a Speech & Language Therapist looking for your next step in a supportive team?
Would you love to beinfluencing service transformationas a part of a supportive leadership team reimagining community services for people with learning disabilities?
This full-time post is for a band 7 Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) working across Berkshire within the Community Learning Disability Services (Adults).
You will be skilled in the use of advanced assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes with individual clients who have complex needs (physical health, mentalhealthand/or behaviour that challenges). You will be expected to work alongside other allied health professionals and external organisations within a multi-disciplinary team framework.
You will contribute to the development of service provision withinthe Learning Disability Service,alongside the operational team leads and professional leads. This includes ensuring best practice across thelearning disability servicewithintheChildren, Families and All Age (CFAA) Division.
You will lead the development of other therapists within theLDSpeech and Language Therapy service offering support, mentoring,trainingand specialist advice, as well as defining core competencies for staff to work towards.
Opportunities for flexible working, including working from home,can be agreedin line with the needs of the service
• Leading the Speech & Language Therapy team,
• Working from thebase atErleghHouse in Readingwith colleagues from thecommunitylearning disability service
• You will assess, diagnose, treat and mange a highly specialised and complex caseload of clients referred into this specialist service. You will develop and implement person centred interventionsregardingboth communication and dysphagia needs
• Work closely alongside all members of the MDT, providing clinical support and professional exchange of ideas and experience.
• Develop care protocols / pathways relating to the specialist area to improve quality; engagement and consistency of care for people who use our services.
• Represent SLT at a managerial level and toparticipateat this level in the continuing development of the services.
• Be responsible forand to carry out supervision and appraisal,in accordance withTrust Policy, of other AHP members of the team as isrequired.
• Work with colleagues to manage demands placed on the service.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
1. Relevant highly specialist experience post qualification in learning disability
1. In- depth knowledge of a range of highly specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the complex needs of the client group
1. Post graduate dysphagia qualification (orawillingness to undertake)
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Friday 6 Sep 2024
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