Speech and Language Therapist Specialist in Adult

7 days ago


Hadleigh, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Band 7 Community Adult Speech and Language Therapist

Do you have what it takes to work as a community Speech and Language Therapist?

We are a small, friendly and supportive team providing speech and language therapy to adults in the community based at Hadleigh Clinic (near Southend on Sea) in South East Essex.

We are looking for a confident and motivated Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to work with us, assessing and treating people with a range of acquired and progressive neurological conditions, non-neurological conditions and voice disorders. Our work is varied and rewarding, making a real difference to our patients’ quality of life.

Having access to a vehicle is essential to this role, along with a full valid UK driving licence and existing business insurance cover.

To support the Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service across South East Essex, by assessing of and planning management for adults with a range of acquired and progressive communication and swallowing disorders seen within the service.

To make a differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties on the basis of specialist formal and informal clinical assessments; to ensure that all interventions are based on accurate, appropriate and sufficient assessment.

Provide programmes of therapy activities and demonstrations of those activities to those concerned (family, staff, visitors), to enable carry over and generalisation of new skills into the wider communicative environment.

To support and supervise less experienced therapists and assistant practitioners treating people on these caseloads.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Day One Flexible Employer

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What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

To provide assessment, diagnosis and management of people with a range or communication and swallowing disorders.

To support and supervise less experienced therapists and assistant practitioners treating people on these caseloads.

To keep Lead Speech and Language Therapist advised of any changes or developments that may affect planning.

To be responsible and accountable for the independent prioritisation and management of own clinical caseload.

To make a differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties on the basis of specialist formal and informal clinical assessments; to ensure that all interventions are based on accurate, appropriate and sufficient assessment.

To support and facilitate all patients in expressing their own views and needs, to enable them to take an active part in the planning of treatment.

To use clinical assessment of patients’ communication skills to support decision making about a patient’s capacity to consent to interventions and make decisions affecting future management.

To develop clear individual care plans based on clinical guidelines and established best practice.

To use appropriate outcome measures, such as Care Aims, to evaluate personal clinical effectiveness.

To provide programmes of therapy activities and demonstrations of those activities to those concerned (family, staff, visitors), to enable carry over and generalisation of new skills into the wider communicative environment.

To consider the need to adapt clinical practice to meet the needs of patients and carers, including issues relating to disability, culture and educational attainment e.g. the format of written advice, wheelchair access and interpreters.

To ensure smooth and appropriate handover of care from one agency to another; to provide reports, reflecting specialist knowledge and interpretation of specialist assessments, to other health professionals, including GPs and Hospital consultants as requested; to make and/or recommend onward referrals to other professionals or agencies, as appropriate.

To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local guidelines and policies.

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