Job summary
Become part of our established multi-disciplinary team supporting adults with Learning Disabilities in the borough of Wolverhampton!
The post-holder has responsibility for providing Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention in communication and dysphagia as part of a multi-disciplinary approach to adults over the age of 18 with an identified learning disability in community settings.
Main duties of the job
Assess, diagnose and manage the communication and/or swallowing needs of patients receiving clinical assessment and intervention in community settings. Responsible for initial patient diagnosis and assessment under the supervision of a senior SLT clinician.
Provides both direct and indirect intervention, consultation, advice and support; working within a multi-disciplinary model to a complex caseload in order to ensure that the inter-agency needs of clients are met, seeking highly specialist support and second opinions from senior clinical leads for the most complex patients.
About us
Black Country Healthcare is the lead provider of NHS mental health services for more than a million people across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disabilities services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley
We're proud to be ratedGoodby the Care Quality Commission, and that many of our staff have won awards for their work.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust and just like the population we serve, we're made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Our staff take pride in supporting and living our values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Collection of detailed case history information
- Informal assessment and observation
- Undertakes clinical work with individuals and groups of clients
- Uses formal standardised assessment and informal assessment procedures
- Reads and abides by risk assessments relating to patients of the service
- Communicates assessment and therapeutic findings within the multi-disciplinary team
- Completes contemporaneous case notes and written clinical information completion according to Trust procedures
- Undertakes clinical work with individuals and groups of clients with guidance from senior SLT
- Develops coordinated multidisciplinary programmes of care / care packages
- Makes decisions leading to SLT review or discharge of clients and/or referral to other services, as appropriate
- Is responsible for managing own community clinical caseload under guidance of a more senior clinician
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Collection of detailed case history information
- Informal assessment and observation
- Undertakes clinical work with individuals and groups of clients
- Uses formal standardised assessment and informal assessment procedures
- Reads and abides by risk assessments relating to patients of the service
- Communicates assessment and therapeutic findings within the multi-disciplinary team
- Completes contemporaneous case notes and written clinical information completion according to Trust procedures
- Undertakes clinical work with individuals and groups of clients with guidance from senior SLT
- Develops coordinated multidisciplinary programmes of care / care packages
- Makes decisions leading to SLT review or discharge of clients and/or referral to other services, as appropriate
- Is responsible for managing own community clinical caseload under guidance of a more senior clinician
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or pending
- Member of HCPC or pending
Desirable
- Experience, interest, or transferrable skills relating to adult LD
- Evidence of Learning Disability-relevant training - e.g Talking Mats, Makaton, Intensive Interaction, PECS etc
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or pending
- Member of HCPC or pending
Desirable
- Experience, interest, or transferrable skills relating to adult LD
- Evidence of Learning Disability-relevant training - e.g Talking Mats, Makaton, Intensive Interaction, PECS etc
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).
