Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday)
- Job ref
- 350-SEC5569173-B
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alexander House
- Town
- Leyland
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/07/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to our established Community Forensic Service (we would also consider appointment to a Band 5 development role with the expectation that the successful candidate would work towards specific Band 6 competencies).
The post will be as part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Community Forensic Learning Disability Service (CFLDS) based in Leyland working with people who have a learning disability who have offended or are at risk of offending. The service provides additional support to those who are at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System or Hospital admission.
Interview date: 30th July
Main duties of the job
The CFLDS is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, Psychiatry, Nursing and Support Workers.
You will be expected to work in all areas of Lancashire and South Cumbria and liaise wit ht he local learning disability and mental health services to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support.
You will have the opportunity to work with in a team of skilled Speech and Language Therapists who have developed a core and specialised role within the team.
You will receive regular clinical supervision from the lead Speech and language therapist in the CFLDS and will also have access to wider peer supervision opportunities with other speech therapy teams within Merseycare NHS Trust as well as strong links with the Clinical Excellence Networks.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Under the direct or indirect clinical supervision of the highly specialist speech and language therapist you will undertake the following duties:
a. To assume responsibility and accountability for people identified with speech and language therapy needs holding the duty of care and prioritising and managing the caseload independently based on the principles of risk and clinical risk, liaising with and referring to senior clinicians and relevant agencies as appropriate.
b. Be responsible for assessment and management of a clinical caseload with speech and language therapy needs.
c. Undertake comprehensive speech and language therapy assessment using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate an appropriate hypothesis and to determine a diagnosis and to determine a therapy management plan.
d. Provide a comprehensive assessment and management plan of service user’s clinical risk.
e. Work with the individual and their care team to develop Communication Treatment and Care plan and integrate these into Positive Behavioural Support plans.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited Speech and Language Therapy qualification (BSc)
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist (RCSLT)
Knowldge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary Team
- Experience of use of outcome measures for clinical evaluation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of designing and delivering training for staff groups
- Experience of facilitating groups
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to convey information and skills to direct care staff
- Flexible approach skills towards service change, demands and pressure
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing clinical supervision (to students or SaLT staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nic McNamara
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01254 821670
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