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Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Highly specialist speech and language therapist

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Job summary

Do you love working with people with complex needs, and are passionate about championing and facilitating communication to support the transition from hospital through personalised care and support planning and enabling independence and quality of life? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 speech and language therapist to join the award winning Enhanced Practice in Care Homes (EPiC) Team in Hackney.

Working as part of a small dedicated multi-disciplinary team, the EPiC Speech and Language therapist works collaboratively within the 4 nursing homes in Hackney and following recent review is now recurrently funded.

Through proactive assessment for all new residents, and brief intervention the speech and language therapist supports residents and care teams to maximise the resident voice, enabling choice and quality of life through improving functional communication within the nursing homes for people with acquired communication disorders.

Please note closing date is indicative and post may close early if there are a high number of applicants.

Main duties of the job

Our vision is that high quality communication with residents throughout their stay will support the identification of individuals' needs, wishes, culture, values, and beliefs to improve and enrich individualised care provision. Dysphagia assessment and management is provided by the local Homerton Adult Community Rehabilitation Team.

The post holder will work closely with the MDT, including the EPIC occupational therapist, physiotherapist, and care homes teams to identify individuals who would benefit from direct specialist communication intervention including development of individualised AAC. Communication assessment will include the service user and their communication partners including the care home teams and inform personalised holistic care and support plans, and to facilitate a timely discussion all residents in a regular multi-disciplinary meeting. The capacity, culture and operational processes of each nursing home will vary and may therefore require different engagement and approach

The post holder will have access to clinical supervision, CPD and support from the wider Homerton SLT team and ACRT, including opportunities to maintain clinical dysphagia skills and development.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits. Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Details

Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year pro rata p.a. incl.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

293-CCS-0682-A

Job locations

Orsman Road

ACRT 3rd Floor

London

N1 5RA


Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

Essential

  • oUnderstanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Education/ qualification

Essential

  • Degree-level professional qualification in speech and language therapy
  • Postgraduate training in relevant areas
  • oEvidence of ongoing relevant postgraduate courses associated with speciality

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • oExperience of working within care home environments
  • oExperience of multi- disciplinary working
  • oExperience of designing and delivering training
  • oExcellent clinical skills in communication assessment and provision of augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) strategies and aids.

Desirable

  • Leading QI project work
  • Experience of co production

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of undertaking audit, QI and changing practice in accordance to findings
  • oIn depth knowledge of care of the older adult, dementia and long term conditions
Person Specification

Trust Values, Equal Opportunities & Other Requirements

Essential

  • oUnderstanding and demonstration of the Trust Values

Education/ qualification

Essential

  • Degree-level professional qualification in speech and language therapy
  • Postgraduate training in relevant areas
  • oEvidence of ongoing relevant postgraduate courses associated with speciality

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • oExperience of working within care home environments
  • oExperience of multi- disciplinary working
  • oExperience of designing and delivering training
  • oExcellent clinical skills in communication assessment and provision of augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) strategies and aids.

Desirable

  • Leading QI project work
  • Experience of co production

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of undertaking audit, QI and changing practice in accordance to findings
  • oIn depth knowledge of care of the older adult, dementia and long term conditions

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Orsman Road

ACRT 3rd Floor

London

N1 5RA


Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Orsman Road

ACRT 3rd Floor

London

N1 5RA


Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

AHP Consultant (neuro rehabilitation) OT,EPiC lead

Catherine Atkinson

catherine.atkinson1@nhs.net

07970605280

Details

Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year pro rata p.a. incl.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

293-CCS-0682-A

Job locations

Orsman Road

ACRT 3rd Floor

London

N1 5RA


Supporting documents

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