Lead Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Apply today and be a part of something truly transformative. Together, we can make life-changing progress for more patients like James.

Please note - this advert will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

What you'll be working:

This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and manage the Speech and Language team, ensuring effective delivery of the highly specialist SLT service.
• Plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseload.
• Provide advanced specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing.
• Take a lead role in diagnosis, problem formulation and planning of rehabilitation programmes within the MDT.
• Provide intervention as part of an MDT approach and lead and implement MDT service developments.
• Evaluate effectiveness of interventions using valid and reliable outcome measures and adherence to UKROC Database measures
• Ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, the MDT and external agencies).
• Develop and deliver in-service education and training programme for the wider MDT.
• Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights.

As a member of the senior management team, you will promote a culture of openness and responsiveness to the views of patients and relatives, a philosophy of person-centred care and recovery, and an ethos of positive learning from incidents within a high performing service.

What you'll have:

• HCPC registration

• Postgraduate dysphagia training
• Previous experience of working at Band 7 level in a neurorehabilitation setting
• Supervision/leadership experience
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• Free Lunch on Duty
• Birthday off
• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registration
• Postgraduate dysphagia training

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience of working at Band 7 level in a neurorehabilitation setting

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Active Care Group

Address

Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre

London

Greater London

SE10 8AD

Employer's website

https://activecaregroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)