NHS
Speech & Language Therapist
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Job Description
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- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- State registration with HCPC
- RCSLT Membership
- Training in learning disabilities, mental health and/or challenging behaviour
- Specialist knowledge and application of speech and language therapy assessments and interventions
- Range of clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of clinical skills
- Planning and co-ordination of treatment packages
- Clear communication through written, verbal and non-verbal modes
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in SLT
- Ability to use problem solving techniques
- Ability to analyze professional and ethical issues
- Applied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA
- Knowledge of risk assessment and management
- Computer literacy
- Basic word processing skills
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- State registration with HCPC
- RCSLT Membership
- Training in learning disabilities, mental health and/or challenging behaviour
- Specialist knowledge and application of speech and language therapy assessments and interventions
- Range of clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of clinical skills
- Planning and co-ordination of treatment packages
- Clear communication through written, verbal and non-verbal modes
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in SLT
- Ability to use problem solving techniques
- Ability to analyze professional and ethical issues
- Applied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPA
- Knowledge of risk assessment and management
- Computer literacy
- Basic word processing skills
Job summary
We are pleased to offer a unique Band 5-6 development career progression post and opportunity for highly motivated Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to gain experience within HPFT's Community Specialist Learning Disability Services (SLDS).
The Band 5 - 6 SLT will work within a framework, which allows for an analysis of learning against a set level of competencies that would be expected of a Band 6 Specialist SLT within a Community Assessment and Treatment Service. The development programme will be a combination of formal, taught training and supported practice within the workplace. Trainees will be allocated a supervisor throughout the process who will be responsible for inducting them into their workplace, supporting their practice, assessing their progress against the competency framework and identifying areas for further development.
The Trainee will work as a Band 5 SLT under supervision whilst they are developing the knowledge and skills within this competency framework. They will be allocated their own caseload to manage, the complexity of which, should increase in line with knowledge and skills gained.
In addition to this competency framework, the Band 5 SLT will also be expected to complete the Newly Qualified Practitioner Competencies as set out by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy (RSCLT).
Main duties of the job
This is an ideal post for either a newly qualified SLT, or an experienced SLT wishing to progress to a Band 6 with existing dysphagia competencies. The postholder will receive regular clinical supervision and support and will be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development.
The successful candidates will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team and will join the well-established Speech and Language Therapy service.
This post sits within a well-established SLT team working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary service. The post holder will benefit from formal supervision as well as excellent peer support. There is a strong ethos of Continuous Quality Improvement throughout the service and the Trust as a whole, creating possibilities for developing and extending knowledge and skills.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should have you any queries or if you would like any additional information about this role.
For further details on the post please refer to the attached personal specification and job description
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Date posted
15 October 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £44,962 a year Per annum Pro rata+ 5% of basic salary HCA, min £1,192-max £2,011
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
367-LD&F-8097-H
Job locations
Colne House, Upton Road, Watford, WD18 0JP
Upton Road
Watford
WD18 0JP
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
- To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based, person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate intervention
- To provide this service, by driving independently, to service users within the LD community services who present with communication difficulties
- For further details on the post please refer to the attached personal specification and job description
Skills/Knowledge/AbilityEssential criteriaClear communication through written, verbal and non-verbal modesBroad knowledge of current best practice in SLTAbility to use problem solving techniquesAbility to analyze professional and ethical issuesApplied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPAKnowledge of risk assessment and managementComputer literacyBasic word processing skillsCar driver and access to own vehicle essential
Job responsibilities
- To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based, person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate intervention
- To provide this service, by driving independently, to service users within the LD community services who present with communication difficulties
- For further details on the post please refer to the attached personal specification and job description
Skills/Knowledge/AbilityEssential criteriaClear communication through written, verbal and non-verbal modesBroad knowledge of current best practice in SLTAbility to use problem solving techniquesAbility to analyze professional and ethical issuesApplied knowledge of mental health legislation including CPAKnowledge of risk assessment and managementComputer literacyBasic word processing skillsCar driver and access to own vehicle essential
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualification
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
Qualification
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colne House, Upton Road, Watford, WD18 0JP
Upton Road
Watford
WD18 0JP
Employer's website
https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colne House, Upton Road, Watford, WD18 0JP
Upton Road
Watford
WD18 0JP
Employer's website
https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (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.