Speech and Language Therapist

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) provides an extensive range of integrated community and mental health services for people living in the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering.

 The community neurological nursing team consists of specialist nurses supporting those with Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease and Parkinson’s disease covering Havering and Barking & Dagenham. The successful applicant will be expected to have an extensive knowledge of Neurological conditions and general understanding of how other pathologies may impact on their management

We are seeking an enthusiastic, innovative, experienced nurse who is a strong team player with excellent communication skills. As a small team that manages complex Neurological patients you will be expected to provide and receive clinical supervision as required. You will be expected to liaise with a wide variety of health care professionals. Patients are managed within an integrated and multidisciplinary team within primary, secondary, and social care.

As part of the interview process you will be expected to prove evidence of the following: -

·A current Registered Nurse qualification (Part 1 of NMC register)

·Cert, Diploma or First level Degree in Nursing

·Working towards or be a Non-Medical Prescriber. If you do not have this qualification the candidate must be prepared to undertake the training following a 6-month probationary period.

Main duties of the job

·Hold a clinical caseload and develop and implement a plan of care for people with Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Multiple Sclerosis, at home to promote seamless care, using a patient centred approach.

·Improve, develop and maintain clinical services to people with MND, PD and MS in conjunction with existing services.

·Work collaboratively with the Community Rehabilitation Service and local care teams for the benefit of the patients.

·Develop links with voluntary agencies involved in caring for and supporting the client group

·Provide telephone advice/consultations and information to carers and other Healthcare professionals on aspects of care and support.

·Have organisational knowledge relating to the Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

·Responsible for providing accurate records or information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

·Ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring risks are added to the Trust register.

·Communicate effectively with patients, carers and a wide range of clinicians, managers, and support staff both internal and external to the organisation.

·Work in line with appropriate NICE Guidelines.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735 pro rata for part time).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Registered Nurse

Essential criteria

Be prepared to undertake non-medical prescribing course To have achieved a degree in nursing Excellent command of English language

Desirable criteria

Car driver experience in working in the community Recognised teaching qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

4 Years post registration experience within Neurology

communication

Essential criteria

Excellent communication both written and verbal

Desirable criteria

Excellent command of English language

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

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