Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Do you have an interest in making a positive difference to clients of have mental health needs? Do you want to be part of a new and innovative area, in Speech and Language Therapy?

We are offering an exciting Band 6 role to an experienced clinician looking to develop leadership skills, drive, innovation and influence service delivery as part of our Adult Mental Health Speech and Language Therapy Team within the Directorate of Mental Health. We work with people of have mental health needs, such as psychosis, personality disorder, autism, schizophrenia and Huntington's Disease. We cover Acute, Rehab, Forensic and Intensive Care Mental Health Wards. We also cover In-patient and Community Huntington's Disease Services and work within the Criminal Justice System.

The role is 34 hours.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Main duties of the job

To work as a specialist clinician supporting the planning and delivery of high-quality Speech and Language Therapy services to the client group in the Huntingtons Disease and inpatient mental health services. The post holder will work to facilitate optimum communication skills and safe eating and drinking in adults with Huntingtons Disease and mental health needs in the inpatient service and community.

The post holder will work independently with support from senior colleagues for more complex cases. They will take full student placements, supervise volunteers and assistants and demonstrate skills and knowledge in relation to Huntingtons Disease and Mental Health. You will contribute to the delivery and development of the Mental Health, Forensic, Challenging Behaviour and Eating and Drinking care pathways and the Communication Strategy.

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 criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital

Groby Road

Leicester

Leicester

LE3 9EJ

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

Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital

Groby Road

Leicester

Leicester

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

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

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