Speech & Language Therapist

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Job overview

Are you an innovative Speech and Language Therapist?

Would you like to join an energetic, friendly and supportive team?

We have created an exciting new Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist post, using a successful model within our other Allied Health Professional (AHP) teams.

Our team mission statement is: “A forward thinking team that nurtures staff and provides a service that we are proud of and that others would recommend”

We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist who fits with this mission and our Trust values (safe, caring, excellent) to:

• Lead our team of Speech & Language therapists to provide excellent care to patients, develop their clinical skills and continued professional development and explore new ways of working within community settings.

You will have regular access to clinical supervision and line management, peer support and professional supervision. You will join the strong voice of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) within Oxford Health, working towards our dedicated AHP strategy.

Please Note: The ability to travel across the locality and Trust sites during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

• Working as part of a dedicated clinical team comprising speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, dietetic, psychology, social work, medical and nursing staff, offering assessment and therapy to adults with acquired communication, voice and swallowing impairments related to stroke.
• Leading the speech and language therapy team on OSRU, working collaboratively with speech and language therapists, speech and language therapy assistants and supporting with the speech and language therapy apprenticeship scheme.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will have opportunity to network with speech and language therapists across the whole stroke pathway of care in Oxfordshire.

You will have regular access to:

• Clinical supervision
• Line management
• Clinical excellence groups
• Departmental meetings
• Peer support
• Specialist clinics such as video-fluoroscopy and voice clinics.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• HCPC Registered
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
• Achievement of Level C RCSLT dysphagia competencies
• Post Graduate Dysphagia Training

• Registered member of RCLST
• MSc or other recognised long post graduate course linked to specialism
• Leadership Qualification
• Evidence of training as clinical supervisor
• Evidence of successful completion of significant specialist post graduate training, equivalent to Master’s level

Experience

• Experience in neurological rehabilitation
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

• Evidence of stroke specialist experience
• Use of alternative and augmentative communication aids

Skills

• Evidence of high level of specialist knowledge/assessment, management and intervention skills as a result of experience/ CPD
• Demonstrates excellent written presentation skills
• Demonstrates well established knowledge of specialist SLT assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
• Demonstrates well established knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to specialist client group.
• Demonstrates excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Evidence of MDT Working

• Experience of developing and delivering group therapy
• Experience of developing and delivering training to carers
• Experience of developing and delivering in-service training to MDT
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing