Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Funding currently secured to end March 2025)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-530
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Flexible base options across Cornwall or remote working out of county
- Town
- Various
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/08/2024
Employer heading
Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
We are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity to work within our post-COVID MDT. This established service offers holistic, multi-disciplinary care to patients with post-COVID syndrome. The role of the SLT within the service is well established, including strong links with RCSLT.
Up to 15 hours per week are available. Funding is currently secured to March 2025.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and treatment for patients with dysphagia, voice or communication needs relating to their Post-COVID presentation and referred to the post-COVID MDT.
To act as part of the post-COVID MDT in the assessment and management of post-COVID needs.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration – HCPC
- Member of RCSLT
- Degree or equivalent recognised by Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Evidence of Dysphagia qualification and/or equivalent experience leading to the ability to act as an autonomous dysphagia practitioner (at RCSLT Level C or D)
- Evidence of further formal study eg. Post Graduate course / Continuing Professional Development (CPD) e.g. Cervical Auscultation, Voice, VFSA, FEES, counselling
skills and aptitude
Essential criteria
- Highly developed skills in clinical assessment, intervention and evaluation
- Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of presenting to mixed audiences eg. Patient groups, nursing staff, other AHP’s and GP’s
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in research/audit
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sally Parker
- Job title
- Professional Lead - Speech and language therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07979 800514
- Additional information
Lucy Smith (current post holder) can also be contacted to discuss the role via email: [email protected]
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