• Job Description

  Req#: C9383-25-0249?language=en&page=931&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We have an exciting new post for a band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our team. The Adult Neurodevelopmental Service works with clients with a learning disability and covers South Derbyshire area. This post will include community and day centre visits as well as working from home and from a base.

  We are a small, friendly and supportive team of Speech and Language Therapists who keep in regular contact with eachother.As a member of the team you will have access to regular caseload and clinical supervision, plus an annual appraisal that supports you to plan and achieve goals from your own Personal Development Plan. There are opportunities to explore different specialist areas within the LD team and continue your professional development by shadowing others and attending training courses or clinical excellent networks.

  Main duties of the job

  As a team we work with people with a learning disability over the age of 18 years. We take a person centred approach and our focus is to provide high quality communication and dysphagia assessment and intervention to our clients (and support those closest to them).

  You will be working as part of a Multidisciplinary Team alongside Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Counsellors, Therapy Assistants, Psychiatrists, carers and family members.

  As a band 5 you we will support you to hold your own clinical caseload and work both as a team and independently. Knowledge and skills in learning disabilities is advantageous. You should have willingness to enhance your skills in dysphagia management.

  The successful candidate will need to have means of transport to cover the different community localities in South Derbyshire area including Derby City, Amber Valley, Erewash and Swadlincote.

  As a clinical employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those of the DHCFT trust.

  If you have excellent communication skills, a willingness to be flexible and a commitment to delivering high quality person-centred, evidence based care then we would like to hear from you. We welcome applications from those who are newly qualified or from therapists currently working with other client groups who wish to move into this field. We are able to offer further external dysphagia training for those who are not formally trained in this area.

  About us

  Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

  CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

  Benefits include:

  • Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
  • 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
  • Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
  • Health service discounts and online benefits
  • Incremental pay progression
  • Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
  • Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities
  • Structured learning and development opportunities

  Details

  Date posted

  02 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rota

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  383-SPE-5654-25

  Job locations

  St Andrews House

  London Road

  Derby

  DE1 2SX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for the full details. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

  The successful candidate will:

  Provide a clinical service to adults with learning disabilities.

  Tocarry out comprehensive communication assessments of clients/ environments using a range of observational and formal tools:

  • In order to provide appropriate and effective intervention

  • To inform others and facilitate a holistic approach

  • To evaluate and measure outcomes.

  To provide dysphagia assessment and interventions for adults with learning disabilities.

  To provide person centred goal directed interventions (through one to one, group, and Consultancy Model).

  To work in collaboration within the team around a client including family, carers and colleagues from a range of professions and agencies health, education, social services and the voluntary sector.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for the full details. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

  The successful candidate will:

  Provide a clinical service to adults with learning disabilities.

  Tocarry out comprehensive communication assessments of clients/ environments using a range of observational and formal tools:

  • In order to provide appropriate and effective intervention

  • To inform others and facilitate a holistic approach

  • To evaluate and measure outcomes.

  To provide dysphagia assessment and interventions for adults with learning disabilities.

  To provide person centred goal directed interventions (through one to one, group, and Consultancy Model).

  To work in collaboration within the team around a client including family, carers and colleagues from a range of professions and agencies health, education, social services and the voluntary sector.

  Person Specification

  Attainments and qualifications

  Essential

  • Recognised SLT qualification

  Desirable

  • HCPC registration
  • Member of RCSLT
  • Completion of dysphagia competencies up to level B

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with people with speech, language and communication needs

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
  • Experience of working with people with eating and drinking and swallowing difficulties
  • Experience of MDT working

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Experience of using formal and informal SLT assessments

  Person Specification

  Attainments and qualifications

  Essential

  • Recognised SLT qualification

  Desirable

  • HCPC registration
  • Member of RCSLT
  • Completion of dysphagia competencies up to level B

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with people with speech, language and communication needs

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with learning disabilities
  • Experience of working with people with eating and drinking and swallowing difficulties
  • Experience of MDT working

  Skills and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Experience of using formal and informal SLT assessments

  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).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  St Andrews House

  London Road

  Derby

  DE1 2SX

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  St Andrews House

  London Road

  Derby

  DE1 2SX

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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