Specialist Speech

1 week ago

Northampton, United Kingdom St Andrew's Healthcare Full time

**Specialist Speech & Language Therapist**

**Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire**

**Career Level B / Band 6**

**Salary: £33,275 - £37,000 per annum (depending on experience)**

**Hours: 37.5 hours.**

**You can achieve more at St Andrew’s Healthcare**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and compassionate Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our supportive SLT team at St Andrew’s Healthcare.

We are committed to improving the quality and experience of patients in our care. We are looking for a Specialist SLT who is interested in developing their knowledge and skills working in mental health and is passionate about advocating for patients withcomplex mental health and communications needs.

The SLT service at St Andrew’s Healthcare is a centralised team, responsible for supporting some of the most vulnerable people with their communication and dysphagia needs. Our experienced SLT team provide triage, assessment and interventions for communicationand dysphagia across a number of specialties including women’s and men’s Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry (e.g. Huntington ’s disease, Dementia, Acquired Brain Injury), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disability and CAMHS.

**What you can expect from us**:

- Daily access to Highly Speciality SLT for mentoring/ coaching
- Access to experienced members of the SLT and wider AHP teams.
- Monthly SLT (service management/ professional development) meeting.
- Protected continuing personal and professional development time.
- An opportunity to work with a dynamic, forward-thinking therapy team.

What we are looking for in you: For full details, please request Job Description and Person Specification from.

**Qualifications/education/Training**
- BSc Speech and Language degree, or equivalent
- HCPC registered and RCSLT membership
- Recognised UK RCSLT dysphagia training or evidence of RCSLT competency sign off to at least Level C.
- RCSLT NQP competency sign off

**Experience**
- Minimum of 1 year experience working within relevant specialist areas (e.g. CAMHS, LD, ASD, Neuropsychiatry, Mental Health).
- Experience of independently managing a dysphagia caseload
- Demonstrates knowledge of assessment and intervention relevant to specialist client groups, underpinned by theory and practical experience.

**Knowledge and skills**
- Clinical knowledge in one or more of the relevant clinical groups, such as learning disabilities, autism, mental health, neuropsychiatry and CAMHS.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

**Personal attributes**
- Evidence of personal resilience and aptitude for dealing with challenging, potentially distressing and highly emotional clinical work in a secure setting.
- Demonstrates flexibility to meet the demands of the service.

**Other**
- An Enhanced DBS Check will be required for this role.
- Ability to undertake mandatory relevant training, including Safety Intervention Training.

**St Andrew’s Rewards**:
We offer an excellent benefits package including pension, sickness policy on par with NHS, 35 days holiday, life cover, car lease scheme, free parking and cycle to work scheme

**For further details, please contact**:
**If you would like to know more, we warmly welcome an informal discussion with one of our team;

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