Senior Speech and Language Therapist

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We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Senior Speech and Language Therapist to join our team at The Laurels Neurological Rehabilitation Centre on a permanent basis.

The Laurels Neurological Rehabilitation Centre is a facility with 12 ensuite bedrooms. The team delivers high-quality and intensive neurological rehabilitation; physical, cognitive, functional and vocational assessments; behavioural management and complex disability assessments for adults. We support patients with acquired brain injury, traumatic brain injury, severe neurological conditions, complex stroke and spinal cord injury.

The interdisciplinary team consists of a Rehabilitation Consultant, Neuropsychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. Support is also provided by experienced rehabilitation and therapy assistants. The team at The Laurels work together to develop person-centred, evidence based rehabilitation care plans that aim to maximise the individual’s independence and recovery.

**What you'll be working**:
7.5 hours per week - days and times can be agreed but will be during Monday to Friday

We are open to remote working with 1 day per month in service.

**What you'll be doing**:
In this role you will deliver a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service, managing and prioritising a caseload of patients with highly complex speech, language and communication impairments and swallowing difficulties. Using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate intervention, that complement working in a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation unit.
- Further develop your skills and knowledge working with clients who have complex cognitive-communication, language and speech disorders following brain injury both 1:1 and in small therapy groups
- Manage a small caseload, providing goal-focused, intensive MDT therapy in a person-centred, meaningful way
- Be supported to develop your specialist clinical skills across the spectrum of brain injury presentations. This might include working with patients who have prolonged disorders of consciousness, or require a tracheostomy, AAC or supporting clients to return to work or study
- Continually develop your own clinical and leadership skills through a wide range of supervision, learning and teaching opportunities, both internally and externally
- Receive excellent clinical support and supervision with frequent opportunities for joint working within the Interdisciplinary Team

**What you'll have**:

- Full HCPC registration
- Speech and Language Therapy Degree
- At least 2 years post graduate experience

**What to look forward to**:

- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Join the **Active Learning Hub **and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- ** Active Reward App** giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential **Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App **to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A salary sacrifice **Aegon 5% matched pension**:

- Access to join a **Medicash Health Plan** for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials - like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding **Active Behaviours** via the **Active Awards** programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- ** Refer a Friend** **Scheme** and earn yourself up to **£1000** by recommending someone you know
- and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group