Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Community Learning Disability ...
Posted 3 days 7 hours ago by CNWL
Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
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Become part of our team.
We care for you as much as you care for others.
There's a place for you at CNWL.
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist NHS AfC: Band 7 Main area Community Learning Disability Speech and Language therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, no night shift working or weekend working.) Job ref 333-J-LD-0272
Site Kingswood Centre Town Brent Salary £51,883 - £58,544 pa inc HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 21/04/:59
Job overview We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Speech and Language therapists who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment to work in our Community Learning Disability Team. The post-holder will work as a part of the Brent CLDT and as a valued member of the therapies team. They will work with the individuals, the multi-disciplinary team around them and other important people in their lives to understand the person's needs, difficulties, and establish care plans that improve quality of life and enable them to thrive in the community.
We are keen to invest in the development of practitioners joining our service to enhance their knowledge, skills, clinical practice, leadership and confidence in working in this area. We are therefore looking for applicants who either have experience working in community settings with people with Learning Disability or have a good foundation of transferable skills and an interest to develop in this area.
We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our Speech and Language therapy (SLT) staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the SLT staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.
Main duties of the job This post forms part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering a high-quality innovative service to people with a learning disability and complex needs to improve quality of life and enable individuals to thrive in the community.
The post holder will be a highly skilled and competent worker who works in a non-aversive, person-centred and therapeutic way. Their main task will be to work as a part of the Brent CLDT with people who present with swallowing and communication disorders, in a way that improves people's quality of life and enables them to meet their needs safely and effectively. They will work with the individuals, the multi-disciplinary team around them and other important people in their lives to understand the person's needs, difficulties, and establish care plans that improve quality of life and enable them to thrive in the community. The post holder will develop and provide a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy service as an autonomous SLT working in the Learning Disability Services.
The post holder will be expected to deliver training and education packages to the referred individual, their family, and care providers. They will contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings and other meetings as appropriate. The post holder will supervise junior staff on a regular basis. Additional duties will include active contribution to the development of the service and assistance in audit and research projects.
Working for our organisation Come and join us and be one of the friendly and supportive Speech and Language Therapists in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. You could have a career for life with us and maintain your dual skills.
We are delighted that you are interested in working with us here CNWL. Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of CPD opportunities available for all our staff. We work in collaboration with our AHP and Social Work colleagues and value the lived experiences of both our staff and service users.
What we can offer you:
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted
for use in other countries. With us, you will get:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
CLINICAL
To use highly specialist clinical skills to manage and prioritise a complex caseload of adults with learning disabilities who present with communication and/or swallowing difficulties.
To provide highly specialist assessment of communication and swallowing problems, formulate a hypothesis using a high level of clinical reasoning and to give evidence of sound clinical judgements.
To develop and implement appropriate interventions or rehabilitation, as appropriate in the community settings.
To apply specialist knowledge and skills to implement high and low technology alternative and augmentative communication aids with a range of service users.
To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
To write comprehensive reports that are accessible to a range of professionals and service users, reflecting highly specialist knowledge.
To develop clear care plans, advice and information, based on best practice and to use highly specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments for care management.
To ensure the service users and/or their carers and support workers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans.
To facilitate, wherever possible, the service user's involvement in the process to ensure meaningful outcomes, taking into account the severity of their learning disability and their communication and/ or swallowing difficulties.
To provide advice and training to other professionals, carers, support workers and relatives regarding the safe management and care of patients with communication and/or swallowing difficulties to maximise the service users' skills and reduce clinical risk.
To work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of other professionals across a variety of locations and agencies
To adapt practice to meet individual service users' circumstances, including due regard for cognitive ability, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and differences.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures, and maintain knowledge of current literature and developments within the specialist clinical field of communication and dysphagia within learning disability, which may at times include progressive conditions and dementia.
To supervise student placements and promote the area of learning disabilities within the Speech and Language Therapy profession
TEAM WORKING
To attend Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, and to actively promote and contribute to MDT working, maintaining effective communication and client centred focus.
To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager related to the development of the speech and language therapy service.
To work closely with service users, carers and other community healthcare professionals where appropriate discussing the needs of service users and ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
To communicate information following assessment related to complex conditions, to service users, carers, support workers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team/other professions.
To work collaboratively with service users, carers, support workers, and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the service user's care package.
To demonstrate empathy with service users, carers, support workers and families and colleagues . click apply for full job details
to up skill or to simply change your career direction.
Become part of our team.
We care for you as much as you care for others.
There's a place for you at CNWL.
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist NHS AfC: Band 7 Main area Community Learning Disability Speech and Language therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, no night shift working or weekend working.) Job ref 333-J-LD-0272
Site Kingswood Centre Town Brent Salary £51,883 - £58,544 pa inc HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 21/04/:59
Job overview We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Speech and Language therapists who are committed to delivering patient-focused care and treatment to work in our Community Learning Disability Team. The post-holder will work as a part of the Brent CLDT and as a valued member of the therapies team. They will work with the individuals, the multi-disciplinary team around them and other important people in their lives to understand the person's needs, difficulties, and establish care plans that improve quality of life and enable them to thrive in the community.
We are keen to invest in the development of practitioners joining our service to enhance their knowledge, skills, clinical practice, leadership and confidence in working in this area. We are therefore looking for applicants who either have experience working in community settings with people with Learning Disability or have a good foundation of transferable skills and an interest to develop in this area.
We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves as we are seeking to ensure our Speech and Language therapy (SLT) staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the SLT staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.
Main duties of the job This post forms part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering a high-quality innovative service to people with a learning disability and complex needs to improve quality of life and enable individuals to thrive in the community.
The post holder will be a highly skilled and competent worker who works in a non-aversive, person-centred and therapeutic way. Their main task will be to work as a part of the Brent CLDT with people who present with swallowing and communication disorders, in a way that improves people's quality of life and enables them to meet their needs safely and effectively. They will work with the individuals, the multi-disciplinary team around them and other important people in their lives to understand the person's needs, difficulties, and establish care plans that improve quality of life and enable them to thrive in the community. The post holder will develop and provide a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy service as an autonomous SLT working in the Learning Disability Services.
The post holder will be expected to deliver training and education packages to the referred individual, their family, and care providers. They will contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings and other meetings as appropriate. The post holder will supervise junior staff on a regular basis. Additional duties will include active contribution to the development of the service and assistance in audit and research projects.
Working for our organisation Come and join us and be one of the friendly and supportive Speech and Language Therapists in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. You could have a career for life with us and maintain your dual skills.
We are delighted that you are interested in working with us here CNWL. Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of CPD opportunities available for all our staff. We work in collaboration with our AHP and Social Work colleagues and value the lived experiences of both our staff and service users.
What we can offer you:
CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted
for use in other countries. With us, you will get:
- A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
- An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
- Variety of work
- Access to a variety of CPD opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
CLINICAL
To use highly specialist clinical skills to manage and prioritise a complex caseload of adults with learning disabilities who present with communication and/or swallowing difficulties.
To provide highly specialist assessment of communication and swallowing problems, formulate a hypothesis using a high level of clinical reasoning and to give evidence of sound clinical judgements.
To develop and implement appropriate interventions or rehabilitation, as appropriate in the community settings.
To apply specialist knowledge and skills to implement high and low technology alternative and augmentative communication aids with a range of service users.
To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
To write comprehensive reports that are accessible to a range of professionals and service users, reflecting highly specialist knowledge.
To develop clear care plans, advice and information, based on best practice and to use highly specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments for care management.
To ensure the service users and/or their carers and support workers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans.
To facilitate, wherever possible, the service user's involvement in the process to ensure meaningful outcomes, taking into account the severity of their learning disability and their communication and/ or swallowing difficulties.
To provide advice and training to other professionals, carers, support workers and relatives regarding the safe management and care of patients with communication and/or swallowing difficulties to maximise the service users' skills and reduce clinical risk.
To work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of other professionals across a variety of locations and agencies
To adapt practice to meet individual service users' circumstances, including due regard for cognitive ability, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and differences.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures, and maintain knowledge of current literature and developments within the specialist clinical field of communication and dysphagia within learning disability, which may at times include progressive conditions and dementia.
To supervise student placements and promote the area of learning disabilities within the Speech and Language Therapy profession
TEAM WORKING
To attend Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, and to actively promote and contribute to MDT working, maintaining effective communication and client centred focus.
To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager related to the development of the speech and language therapy service.
To work closely with service users, carers and other community healthcare professionals where appropriate discussing the needs of service users and ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan.
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
To communicate information following assessment related to complex conditions, to service users, carers, support workers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team/other professions.
To work collaboratively with service users, carers, support workers, and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the service user's care package.
To demonstrate empathy with service users, carers, support workers and families and colleagues . click apply for full job details