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Speech and Language Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-EC778-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Franklins Way Surgery
Town
Wickford
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/10/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Speech and Language Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

The NELFT Children’s Feeding and Dietetic service includes the feeding team. The team includes a range of different professions - Dietitian, Occupational Therapist , Speech and Language Therapist and Specialist Children’s Nursing along with both team assistant and administrator support. 

 

Due to staff relocation, the feeding team is seeking to recruit a part time, experienced dysphagia speech therapist to join the team and our other Speech and Language Therapist, to support children (0-19) with physical feeding difficulties. 

 

There are opportunities for remote/ flexible working within NELFTs commitment to staff wellbeing and agile working. The all the team members are co-located in the same office which helps support successful collaborative team working. 

 

Whilst the service hope is is to recruit a therapist experienced in managing both over and under one’s. We recognise that many experienced therapists may not have completed their under 1 competencies. Support and training can be offered to help develop under 1 skills for the right applicant.

Main duties of the job

The feeding team is community based (Wickford, Essex) and supports children living in Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock within the larger Mid and South Essex ICS. The feeding team has strong links to both the local acute, surrounding community and tertiary teams. 

 

We offer families support at home, in education settings or in community clinics (face to face / virtually) and target our resources to meet the needs of the individual. 

 

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust.  All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.  The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,258 to a maximum of £2,122 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assessment:

  • Assessment of swallowing function for solids and liquids
  • Identify swallowing impairment and potential impact
  • Assessment of oral skills whilst eating and drinking
  • Assessment of parent child interaction and child response to feeding
  • Supporting and recommending onward referrals for instrumental assessment and / or Services (i.e ENT or Tertiary SLT for VFSS)

 Intervention:

  • Manage eating risk by texture modification
  • Manage drinking risk by fluid consistency modification
  • Strategies to develop safe eating and drinking skills
  • Management of Risk Feeding.
  • Interpretation of Video fluoroscopy reports.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent, fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (HCPC).
  • Registration and membership with the appropriate professional and regulatory body
  • Post graduate training in dysphagia (Paediatrics)
  • Competencies in working with patients with neurological conditions

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
  • Experience of clinically supervising and managing less experienced colleagues
  • Experience of working in a multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of storing and maintaining electronic records
  • Working in an NHS environment
Desirable criteria
  • Planning and delivery of training to other professionals

knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An awareness of NHS priorities
  • Maintaining efficient administrative systems
  • Clinical knowledge of paediatric feeding and swallowing difficulties associated with medical conditions and developmental needs
  • Knowledge of assessment tools, treatment techniques and therapeutic interventions
  • Awareness of the roles of other professionals and working as a multidisciplinary team
  • In depth knowledge of safeguarding children and looked after children.
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of Government policy and legislation and how this may affect service delivery

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
  • Ability to apply continued professional development to practice
  • Able to construct clear care plans for complex cases based on analysis of information from assessment, theoretical knowledge and clinical benchmarking to make highly specialist clinical decisions
  • Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy ensuring that effective communication is achieved
  • Negotiation, problem solving concentration, analytical and reflection skills
Desirable criteria
  • Written and verbal presentation skills

other

Essential criteria
  • To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rob Ives
Job title
Pathway Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003001549
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