Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Assistant

Job summary

Are you enthusiastic, motivated and looking for an opportunity to develop clinical and professional skills? Do you have a desire to support individuals with complex communication and swallowing needs?

If so we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our service.

We are looking for someone to join our team who is creative, driven and solution focused. We are a friendly team committed to delivering high quality, person centred care. You will be given the opportunity to develop as an integral member of the Adult Speech and Language Therapy team, providing face-to-face intervention to clients with swallowing and communication difficulties in community settings, such as their own home, care homes or clinic settings. Some of your time will be spent working with people with dementia on the inpatient wards at the Evington Centre. You will work with patients and their carers both 1:1, and within communication group therapy and support qualified clinicians to deliver training sessions. You will also provide support to the speech and language therapists by preparing therapy resources, such as communication picture aids, and collating medical information from medical notes, patients and carers. You will also have regular opportunities for continuing professional development.

It is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include working autonomously to meet individual patient needs.

You will have the ability to plan ongoing clinical interventions e.g. home visits, organising appointments, clinics and assessments.

You will also be an excellent communicator with patients, carers and within the team.

You will be quick to report any concerns you have about patient care and regularly raise any questions or ideas relating to the service with the rest of the team.

You will have excellent rapport building skills with patients and their carers, as well as conflict resolution and negotiation skills.

Our Speech and Language Therapy Service is county-wide supported by a dedicated administration team to provide a high quality service to the people of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicester is a vibrant and culturally diverse city with excellent transport links and surrounded by some beautiful countryside and characterful market towns. You will be joining a small team of assistants who work across the service.

We offer :

• An excellent support network.
• Regular clinical supervision and managerial supervision.
• Continued professional development internal and external training as relevant to role.
• Regular team meetings.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. 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 serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. 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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. 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 cri

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Prince Philip House

Malabar Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE1 2NZ

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

Prince Philip House

Malabar Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE1 2NZ

Employer's website

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

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