Speech and Language Therapist CRIST and Learning Disability

Job summary

The Learning Disability Community Team is long established and works to improve the lives of adults with a learning disability in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Learning Disability Crisis Response Team (CRIST) is a recently expanded MDT that work to prevent placement breakdown and hospitalisation of adults with a learning disability in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Due to the promotion of the current post holder, we have a full-time vacancy for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable speech and language therapist.

Half your time you will spend working with our community patients, managing communication and dysphagia cases. The rest of your time will be spend working in our Learning Disability Crisis Response Team (CRIST) supporting learning disabled adults who are at risk of placement breakdown and hospital admission.

Working across two teams you will find a supportive and wide-ranging multidisciplinary team including psychology, nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy as well as access to dieticians and psychiatry.

The work is fast-paced and interesting with a wide range of clients and contexts.

You will have regular management and clinical supervision, reflective practice sessions and CPD opportunities.

There are opportunities for blended and flexible working, career development and MDT working.

Main duties of the job

You will be working across community and CRIST managing a diverse and wide-ranging caseload to include communication and dysphagia. There is an expectation that you will act as CRIST practitioner for which full training and support will be given.

You will participate in multidisciplinary meetings, pathway discussions and work in a holistic way to ensure the needs of our patients are met.

You will have the opportunity to participate in Service Development initiatives, pathway development through our Pathway Improvement Groups.

You will support regular student placements and there may be opportunities to supervise assistants.

Please see job description for further details.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

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

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