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Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

On-site in Colchester·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Our summary

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 a year
About £3,260 - £3,610 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Colchester
Contract: Full-time
Experience: 3+ years
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 18 November
Holiday: 27 days holiday + bank holidays
Commute: Season ticket loan

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The role

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) is seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist to join our mental health services and play a key role in developing high-quality, person-centred care across Adult Mental Health, Older Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services and CAMHS. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and influence specialist Speech and Language Therapy provision within multidisciplinary teams, supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

At EPUT, we are committed to investing in our workforce and developing future clinical leaders. As a Clinical Lead, you will have the opportunity to shape service delivery, drive innovation, contribute to workforce development and support the education and supervision of students and colleagues. Working within a supportive and forward-thinking organisation, you will help build the profile of Speech and Language Therapy within mental health services while contributing to our ambition to attract, develop and retain a highly skilled workforce.

If you are passionate about advancing Speech and Language Therapy within mental health care and want to make a lasting difference to the lives of children, young people, adults and older adults, EPUT offers an outstanding opportunity to develop your career within a values-driven organisation that puts patient care, staff wellbeing and professional development at its heart.

Main duties of the job

Provide expert clinical leadership for Speech and Language Therapy services, across mental health inpatient adult, older adult and CAMHS settings, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, person-centred care.

Lead on and undertake highly specialist clinical work comprising of assessment, diagnosis and management of complex communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing difficulties that impact patients' treatment, recovery and discharge planning.

Act as the senior Speech and Language Therapy resource within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist advice, training, supervision and support on communication needs, dysphagia, capacity, consent and therapeutic engagement.

Ensure Speech and Language Therapy practice contributes to safe, effective, recovery-focused and least restrictive care.

Develop and embed communication-inclusive approaches that improve access to mental health treatment, reduce health inequalities and support personalised care.

Lead on quality improvement, service evaluation, governance and innovation within the Speech and Language Therapy service. Actively contributing professional expertise to current service provision and future service developments.

About us

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Benefits

27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
£8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

1. Undertake highly specialised assessments and interventions using expert clinical reasoning for adults and adolescents with severe and enduring mental illness, co-morbidities and complex communication needs.

2. Assess and manage speech, language and communication difficulties that affect engagement in psychiatric assessment, MDT therapeutic interventions, treatment planning, capacity and risk assessments.

3. Provide specialist assessment and management of eating, drinking and Dysphasia associated with mental illness, Dementia, frailty, neurological conditions and medication side effects.

4. Support MDTs to make reasonable adjustments for patients with communication difficulties.

5. Provide specialist clinical input into complex risk and capacity assessment and care planning where communication difficulties influence presentation, behaviour or treatment engagement.

6. Lead on communication support strategies that enhance recovery, reduce distress and improve therapeutic engagement.

7. To manage a complex caseload, communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies at formal and informal meetings and provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy advice,

8. To apply a variety of specialist treatment modalities to meet the needs of patients, utilising clinical reasoning processes to determine the most appropriate intervention and manage efficacy through outcome measures as appropriate.

9. To delegate and monitor aspects of patient care to assistants, junior staff, students, carers and statutory or non-statutory bodies.

10. To regularly review clients progress in order to evaluate and interpret the effectiveness of treatment plans, and amend treatment or discharge clients accordingly.

11. To undertake research and audit to develop and initiate interventions that are evidence based and reflect a sound integration of theoretical knowledge in order to meet patient need.

12. To keep up to date clinical records in line with professional standards and local record keeping policies.

13. To provide written and verbal reports as required at any stage in the treatment process in line with Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Governance Standards.

Person Specification

Training

Essential

Post qualification ASD specific training courses attended (including CENs)

Desirable

ADOS training evidence
Attention Autism training evidence
GLP training/experience
Evidence of awareness of and experience in use of low, medium and high tech AAC including Proloquo2go

Experience

Essential

At least 3 years experience in a relevant Band 6 SLT role
Experience working with children and young people with a diagnosis of ASD

Desirable

Experience of working in school settings and liaising with education staff
Evidence of working as part of a MDT team for assessment and/intervention related to ASD

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).