Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

We are seeking a full time experienced SLT to join our established team. You will be already at band 6 level, or ready for your next career step. Experience of working in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities is desirable, but skills from other settings are highly transferable.

We are looking for someone who;
Passionately supports mental health conditions
Is pro-active in advocating for people with SLCN and swallowing difficulties
Skilfully identifies complex SLCN and swallowing needs and can link these to risk
Enjoys working closely with MDT members
Develops therapeutic goals and interventions that are functional and patient-led
Works well with SLTAs and guides therapy plans
Is ready to supervise others
Is self-motivated and a problem-solver
Develops through reflection and effective clinical supervision
Is keen to support service development and projects

Rampton Hospital is a High Secure mental health facility in north Nottinghamshire.

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Direct patient care duties will include;
Facilitating assessments of SLCN and dysphagia.
Providing written information regarding patients' SLCN and dysphagia needs in the form of reports, care plans and easy read information.
Engaging in joint goal setting with the patient and wider MDT.
Directly providing, or developing and supporting other staff to deliver, direct interventions to address SLCN and dysphagia. This may be through 1:1 or group interventions.
Supporting offender/ psychological programmes to ensure that they are accessible for those with communication needs.

Indirect duties will include;
Delivering training for other staff on SLCN and dysphagia.
Mentoring and supervising others.
Advising on environmental adaptations and good practice in regards to SLCN and dysphagia.
Actively seeking opportunities for CPD and self-directed learning.
Prioritising and balancing direct patient care and administrative duties.
Modelling good communication practices and supporting others in implementing the same.
Identifying areas for service development and working with Clinical Lead SLTs to address these.

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

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Please see the job description and person specification for full details.

You will be responsible for your own caseload, under the supervision of clinical lead SLTs.
You will be responsible for supervising junior SLT staff, and other professionals.
You will be responsible for ensuring that you work within good practice standards.

Speak to us about;
Visa sponsorship
Support for re-location costs
Our refer a friend scheme
Opportunities for career development in our trust

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.