Job summary
Employer heading
Rotation Speech and Language Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Band 5 adult Speech and Language Therapy rotation programme. Developed through partnership working between the Adult Speech and Language Therapy services across the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) NHS organisations, these rotations offer our Band 5 SLTs a wide range of experiences and opportunities to develop skills in various settings and with different adult client groups. Joining the rotation programme will help to develop a strong understanding of the patient pathway, a unique and versatile skill set and encourage partnership working and clinical interests.
Each successful candidate will be employed by one of the four core services. You will be working with each service for a 9 month period before moving to your next rotational placement. All roles are permanent and at the end of your rotation you will return to your original place of employment. The four services offering the rotational posts are:
Acute adult acquired disorders inpatient setting (Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Community Intellectual Disabilities Team (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Adult Acquired disorders community team (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Rampton High Secure Hospital (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role vary depending on where you are in your rotation. Your will be focusing on an adult population in acute inpatient, high secure forensic services, and community acquired and ASD/ intellectual disability settings. Although the contexts differ, common duties are:
Assessment and formulation of the individual’s speech, language, communication, and dysphagia needs.
Developing advice & recommendations to enable others to care effectively for the individual.
Producing written advice and recommendation for a variety of audiences and develop inclusive communication documents relevant to your caseload.
Being involved in intervention relevant to your case load and deliver training for others to implement inclusive communication environments and safe and healthy mealtimes.
Working with families and carers in an inclusive manner.
Working collaboratively with your Speech & Language Therapy and multidisciplinary colleagues on supporting the individual.
Represent your clients and your profession in multidisciplinary meetings and be involved in the formulation of the person’s needs.
Supporting your team to facilitate student placement where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Allied Health Professionals within Nottinghamshire Health care are at the forefront of a range of multi-disciplinary, specialist services for people with complex needs, using their expertise around promoting recovery, enablement and positive risk taking, to add life to years, prevent relapse and reduce risks.
As a speech and language therapist you will provide preventative information and guidance, work to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies to support speech, language and communication skills as well as eating and drinking.
You will provide individual assessment, individual and/or group therapy and management, training, advice and liaison through a consultative and coaching approaches, as appropriate.
You will work as part of the wider multi- disciplinary team providing a high quality, effective, accessible, person and family- centred services through tailored packages of care, training and mentoring in the most appropriate setting, including the client’s home.
You must hold a relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with RCSLT and HCPC or be in your final year of training with the view to graduate by the end of the academic year.
You will be well supported by senior colleagues across these settings, with many opportunities for peer support. The role involves close work with colleagues from a range of disciplines and the post is supported by an assistant SLT. You will enjoy close links with our team and our SLT colleagues within the East Midlands, and benefit from excellent levels of support, supervision, IT and CPD opportunities.
You will be working towards your competencies and gaining your fully qualified status with HCPC and RCSLT at the usual time frames. The rotational posts are new to our services. You will be involved in shaping the scheme so it is a great opportunity for candidates who are interested service development. The posts are an excellent opportunity for individuals who are keen on developing core and specialist skills across a range of settings and client groups.
For more information about the post, please contact:
Sara Dibben: [email protected]
Sally Wood: [email protected]
Emma Dawkins: [email protected]
Heidi Keeling: [email protected]
Please see job description and person specification attached
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Registered member of RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
Desirable criteria
- Dysphagia training
Knowledge/Skills/Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of assessment tools and appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to this client group
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Negotiation and problem solving skills
- Good presentation skills both written and verbal
- Good organisational skills
- Good prioritisation skills
- Demonstrates the ability to be a good team member and to see the benefits of teamwork
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group).
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
governance
Essential criteria
- understands some of the principles of clinical governance/audit
Travelling
Essential criteria
- Full UK driving license.
- Access to a car
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Excellent speech and Hearing
- To undertake relevant mandatory training and engage in the management of violence and aggression.
- Ability to escort and maintain custody of patients both within and outside of secure environments.
- Ability to respond to serious and emergency incidents.
Desirable criteria
- Physical skills in line with MVA and Breakaway Training
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sara Dibben
- Job title
- Head of Service for Community Adult SLT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07815494534
- Additional information
Sally Wood
Speech and Language Therapy Professional Lead
Rampton Hospital and Forensic Dysphagia Service
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