Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

1 month ago


Peterborough, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Full time

Job overview

Are you up for a rewarding challenge?

We're on the lookout for candidates who possess either experience or a passion to contribute their learned skills to enhance our services.

We are currently seeking a Band candidate for a full-time or part-time role with flexibility in remote working arrangements to align with the needs of our service.

Our leadership team is warm and welcoming, eager to find someone who will help us deliver the best possible patient journey. If you're ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The individual in this role will autonomously assess and manage a caseload of adults with a learning disability, which is highly specialised and complex. You will oversee the delivery of a specialist learning disability Speech and Language Therapy intervention. Additionally, the post holder will manage all referrals related to communication and/or swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia) within the Adult Learning Disability Inpatient Services.

The Hollies is currently a -bedded unit, transitioning to a -bedded unit with additional flats in the future. We specialize in providing inpatient services to adults with learning disabilities within the CPFT catchment area.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.



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