Bank Adult Community Speech & Language Therapist (FEES)

Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.

Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.

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Job overview

Bank Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Band 7

£51,883 - £58,544 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata

An opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our community team in Bromley. This is a bank post and we are keen to recruit candidates who would appreciate the flexibility of bank working, be able to staff our outpatient FEES clinic and help us to deliver our exciting projects. This includes:

• PDUK FEES and EMST project
• Community-based FEES delivery
• Care home training model review and expansion
• Development of a centralised triage model
• FEES internal sustainability and training programme

Our Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service thrives on a culture of support and camaraderie. Operating throughout the community of Bromley, we provide our services to patients in their homes, care facilities, and outpatient clinics.

Proposed interview date week beginning 9th June

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the opportunity to provide SLT input into our varied caseloads based on their skills, experience and interests.

You will enjoy the flexibility to focus on the area that aligns best with your professional interests.

Due to a huge amount of investment in technology, Bromley Healthcare is able to offer staff flexibility in their working to a level rarely seen elsewhere.

Postgraduate training and experience in dysphagia is a requirement of this post. You will have relevant experience in managing adults with acquired communication and swallowing impairments and will ideally have some experience in supervising or line managing others.

Working for our organisation

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults.

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits and we have removed the 3,500 mileage reimbursement ceiling.

Bromley Healthcare’s values focus on the health and well-being of both colleagues and patients. We have our own staff physio and access to an in-house counselling service, to name just a few of the initiatives set out to support our well-being.

In line with our ‘continuous learning’ value, we are proud to embrace learning, quality improvement, and innovation in aspiring to be the best we can be.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification. All applicants will be expected to manage a defined caseload of patients using advanced evidence-based/patient-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, including discharge planning and facilitation.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
• Health Professions Council Licence to practice.
• Evidence of CPD

• other relevant courses and qualifications

Experience

• Experience working clinically as an SLT. Evidence of independent caseload management.
• Experience working as an SLT with adults who have neurological conditions
• Level 2/3 FEES Endoscopist

Skills

• To be able to independently assess and manage patients with dysphagia.
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions for dysphagia and communication and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits.

• Full UK driver’s license / Car driver with access to a car for work purposes

We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.

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Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.

At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.

We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.

We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:

• Remote working
• Compressed hours
• Part-time
• Job shares

We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.

We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.

If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.

Important Reminders:

1. Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
2. When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
3. All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
4. The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
5. Bromley Healthcare reserve the right to close adverts earlier than first published.