Job summary
Do you have a passion for community working? Would you love to work with patients in their own homes, helping them to stay well, to optimise their swallowing and communication skills and to contribute to admission avoidance? Do you love working as part of an MDT to meet patient goals. Then this is the job for you!
Due to a newly created vacancy within the team, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and innovative Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly, hard working and patient-centred MDT team at Dewi Sant Hospital, Pontypridd.
Main duties of the job
You will act as the specialist SLT within a friendly MDT of AHPs, nurses and GPs. You will provide specialist domiciliary or remote care as appropriate to people with swallowing and communication difficulties, directly referred by the GP. You will participate in weekly MDT meetings and contributing to overall service delivery and improvement. You will offer mentoring and clinical supervision to your junior colleagues as required.
You will also have access to videofluoroscopy and FEES local services to instrumentally assess and rehabilitate your service users' swallowing difficulties. We encourage you to accompany these appointments for your won professional development as well as optimising joined up care.
We are a friendly, supportive and cohesive team and within CTMUHB there are plenty of opportunities for clinical supervision, CPD and development as well as a strong priority placed on staff wellbeing.
You will be offered regular supervision by your Band 7 line manager and will work closely with the Professional Manager for Adult Acute Services.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications /knowlege
Essential
- Speech & Lang Therapy Degree
- Member of HCPC
- Post-grad training in dysphagia
Desirable
- RCSLT dysphagia accredited training
- post-grad training in VFS
- experience of training, teaching and supervising others
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-grad expereince in adult services
- Expereince in performing complex assessments
- Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for adult clients.
- Experience of working with support workers/TIs
Desirable
- Expereince of working with aquired neurological disorders
- Experience of community working
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of partnership working with social services, primary, secondary and voluntary sector care
Aptitude, Abilities and Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse complex assessment information for complex cases, make complex decisions
- Excellent interpersonal skills including listening, counselling, empathy
Desirable
- Experience of teaching others
- Skills in analysing and communicating highly complex assessment information
Personal qualities
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical goverance issues
- Knowledge of specific treatmnet and assessmnet tools
Desirable
- Understanding of National stroke ploicy
- Knowledge of assessments used by MDT
Person Specification
Qualifications /knowlege
Essential
- Speech & Lang Therapy Degree
- Member of HCPC
- Post-grad training in dysphagia
Desirable
- RCSLT dysphagia accredited training
- post-grad training in VFS
- experience of training, teaching and supervising others
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-grad expereince in adult services
- Expereince in performing complex assessments
- Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for adult clients.
- Experience of working with support workers/TIs
Desirable
- Expereince of working with aquired neurological disorders
- Experience of community working
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of partnership working with social services, primary, secondary and voluntary sector care
Aptitude, Abilities and Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse complex assessment information for complex cases, make complex decisions
- Excellent interpersonal skills including listening, counselling, empathy
Desirable
- Experience of teaching others
- Skills in analysing and communicating highly complex assessment information
Personal qualities
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical goverance issues
- Knowledge of specific treatmnet and assessmnet tools
Desirable
- Understanding of National stroke ploicy
- Knowledge of assessments used by MDT
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).
