Job summary
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Transition), Band 6 Permanent, Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Primary office base: Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup DA14 6LT
This newly developed post will be a great opportunity for you to:
- Develop your clinical skills in working with young people and adults with learning disabilities supporting their SLC and dysphagia needs
- Work within two co-located Community Learning Disability Teams with support from Band 7 SLTs and the broader SLT team alongside other Transition colleagues
- Engage with a varied and interesting caseload of young people and adults including those with autism, mental health issues and physical health issues in addition to their learning disability. The majority of your casework will be to support young people in transition to adult services.
- Contribute to a well respected and innovative SLT service, which is committed to service development on a local and national level
- Benefit from manageable caseload numbers, robust supervision and ample CPD opportunities
- Enjoy close and supportive MDT working, guided by clinical care pathways within the ALD directorate
- Become our service specialist in an area of particular interest
- Grow your leadership skills through supervising Band 5 SLT Co-Workers and/or supporting students
- Link in with our ALD directorate SLTs who offer specialist services in Mental Health and Education as well as SLTs from other Trust Directorates
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an SLT with:
- Experience of and passion for working/interacting with young people/adults with learning disabilities - this could be as paid work, a student placement, a voluntary role, or within your social or family setting
- Band 5 SLT experience with completed NQP competencies (recently qualified applicants with substantial relevant experience and knowledge might also be considered)
- Enthusiasm for working collaboratively and holistically, with a person centred focus with families/carers as valued partners
- Ability to travel to and work autonomously in a variety of community settings and manage your own diary
- Interest in contributing to service development and your own specialist clinical area
- Willingness to build on your dysphagia skills and knowledge
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overview of Post
To work as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the Learning Disability Service, delivering high quality assessment and intervention to young people with Learning Disabilities and their carers in accordance with the principles of Valuing People Now , Personalisation and RCSLT Five Good Communication Standards.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- To manage own caseload of young people with Learning Disabilities in transition to adult services who have SLCN and/or eating and drinking difficulties
- To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and Specialist Support Workers as directed by the Team Manager and Professional Lead for ALD SaLT;
- To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to young people with Learning Disabilities in partnership with their families/carers;
- To act as part of the multi-disciplinary Learning Disability teams and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overview of Post
To work as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the Learning Disability Service, delivering high quality assessment and intervention to young people with Learning Disabilities and their carers in accordance with the principles of Valuing People Now , Personalisation and RCSLT Five Good Communication Standards.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- To manage own caseload of young people with Learning Disabilities in transition to adult services who have SLCN and/or eating and drinking difficulties
- To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and Specialist Support Workers as directed by the Team Manager and Professional Lead for ALD SaLT;
- To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to young people with Learning Disabilities in partnership with their families/carers;
- To act as part of the multi-disciplinary Learning Disability teams and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Speech and Language Therapy Qualification
- HCPC membership
Experience
Essential
- NQP competencies
- LD work exprerience
- MDT experience
Desirable
- s/v of staff
- previous experience of ALD SLT
skill/abilities/knowledge
Essential
- AAC
- valuing people / personalisation
- RCSLT good communication standards
Desirable
- post basic dysphagia training
- total communication strategy implementation
other
Essential
- interpersonal and communication skills - including writing
- time management and prioritisation
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Speech and Language Therapy Qualification
- HCPC membership
Experience
Essential
- NQP competencies
- LD work exprerience
- MDT experience
Desirable
- s/v of staff
- previous experience of ALD SLT
skill/abilities/knowledge
Essential
- AAC
- valuing people / personalisation
- RCSLT good communication standards
Desirable
- post basic dysphagia training
- total communication strategy implementation
other
Essential
- interpersonal and communication skills - including writing
- time management and prioritisation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
