[ref. u26872817] Speech and Language Therapist - Scarborough
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist to join our small team. The successful candidate will be interested in providing excellent patient care in the community setting, whilst helping develop our service further.
The post is advertised at band 5, subject to successful completion of objectives and probation period over 12 months, increase to band 6. Applications also welcome from experienced band 5 ready for the next step to band 6 with the appropriate skills and experience.Experienced band 6s also welcome to apply.
Our service provides care for patients with acquired communication and swallowing disorders. We offer appointments by home visit, outpatient clinic, telephone, and video. Our caseload includes neurological degenerative conditions, care homes, two community hospitals, voice and stroke.
We cover the geographical areas of Scarborough, Filey, Ryedale, Pocklington and Whitby. We work alongside community therapy and nursing services. The work base location and split of geographical caseload will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate.
We are a supportive team who work together closely. We are keen to provide excellent patient care, help develop your skills and for you to help develop our skills. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss further.
Please note that the ability to travel independently between sites is essential for this role.
Main duties of the job- To deliver of high level, quality care and evidence-based interventions in line with local and national guidance within adult acquired community caseload.
- To deliver SLT intervention in both autonomous and multidisciplinary working.
- To plan, provide and evaluate interventions within an identified clinical area.
- To participate in the delivery of service specific training as required
- To support identified assistants
- To undertake administrative duties as required
- To manage a caseload, including self-directed planning and time management within identified clinical area.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Degree or Diploma plus relevant skills, knowledge, training and experience
- Current professional registration
- An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical area
- Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
Experience
Essential criteria- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) e.g. developing specialist interests
- Evidence of post-registration professional practice
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Skills and Competence
Essential criteria- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
- Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites.
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.
If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
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On 1 July 2024, NHS England strengthened its commitment to supporting employees already working for the NHS who wish to embark upon an apprenticeship to aide career development.
To ensure these staff do not experience a detriment to their basic pay, the salary for duration of the apprenticeship will be consistent with their current pay or the rate paid to other apprentices, whichever is higher (subject to eligibility criteria)
This change supports exiting NHS employees to undertake a formal apprenticeship programme which, upon completion, would qualify them for a role where the evaluated pay band is the same or higher than the band of their current post.
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