Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist has arisen to join the Sheffield Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service working in community within the Community Stroke Service MDT.
The successful candidate will be part of a supportive and progressive team that values research and service improvement to work with patients and teams. They will provide highly specialist Speech and Language assessment, therapy and support to a highly complex caseload of adults referred into the Community Stroke Service.
The successful post holder will provide clinical Speech & Language Therapy and be part of the SLT stroke pathway team.
The SLT service across both the acute and community teams in STH has approximately 55 staff (47 therapists, 7 assistants and 4 secretarial staff) (41.23wte).
The SLT teams are highly motivated to provide a quality service to their patients, they are research active and embrace innovation. The service has established processes for supervision and supports personal and professional development.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must have:
- Attained a level of experience proportionate to the competencies detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification, which would normally entail extensive postgraduate experience.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification (1st degree level or equivalent qualification/experience)
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists and Health Professions Council
- Evidence of highly specialised continuing professional development
- Evidence of successful completion of post graduate specialist short course up to Masters degree level equivalent
- Driver's licence and access to transport
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
Desirable
- Experience of development of a new service
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-graduate experience
- Extensive and in-depth experience of relevant clinical area.
- Experience in working across a range of settings.
- Experience of working with relatives and carers.
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience in providing advice on client management to other health professionals, carers and non-specialist health colleagues
- Experience of managing students including; placement organisation, mentoring, evaluation, feedback
- Involvement in development and delivery of training packages
- Experience of post-graduate teaching in specialist area
- Experience of service evaluation including outcome measurement, evaluation, identification of possible funding sources, writing reports/bids
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of ability to manage specialist and complex caseload independently
- Ability to transcribe speech and familiarity with conversation analysis notation
- In depth knowledge of broad range of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions for relevant client groups
- Knowledge of supported conversation principles/research
- Knowledge of conversation analysis principles / interaction
- Knowledge of AAC/total communication
- Knowledge of standardised outcome measures and skills in the development of service-specific outcome measures
- In depth specialist knowledge of national policies and legislation relevant to client group
- Knowledge and application of professional standards and code of conduct
- Knowledge of professional and clinical guidelines relevant to the client group
- Awareness of issues relating to people with acquired disorders and effects of long-term disability
- Competent in use of IT for everyday communication
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and required standards of record keeping
- Knowledge of the NHS and understanding of the role of other professionals (relevant to client group)
Desirable
- Knowledge of primary and/or community health care
- Awareness of the Directorate's NHS agenda and supporting health policies
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, especially in relation to liaison and joint working
- Need to be available to work as part of the weekend HASU rota
- Evidence of highly developed negotiation skills and management of conflict
- Commitment to continued professional development and reflective practice
- Excellent presentation skills, oral and written
- Commitment to equal opportunities in work and service delivery
- Ability to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities
- Able to show leadership and QI skills to support a team of SLTS in CSS
- Adaptable to new situations and personnel.
- Commitment to person centred planning and user and carer involvement in service delivery and development
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent Analytical, negotiation and problem-solving skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification (1st degree level or equivalent qualification/experience)
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists and Health Professions Council
- Evidence of highly specialised continuing professional development
- Evidence of successful completion of post graduate specialist short course up to Masters degree level equivalent
- Driver's licence and access to transport
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
Desirable
- Experience of development of a new service
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-graduate experience
- Extensive and in-depth experience of relevant clinical area.
- Experience in working across a range of settings.
- Experience of working with relatives and carers.
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
- Experience in providing advice on client management to other health professionals, carers and non-specialist health colleagues
- Experience of managing students including; placement organisation, mentoring, evaluation, feedback
- Involvement in development and delivery of training packages
- Experience of post-graduate teaching in specialist area
- Experience of service evaluation including outcome measurement, evaluation, identification of possible funding sources, writing reports/bids
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of ability to manage specialist and complex caseload independently
- Ability to transcribe speech and familiarity with conversation analysis notation
- In depth knowledge of broad range of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions for relevant client groups
- Knowledge of supported conversation principles/research
- Knowledge of conversation analysis principles / interaction
- Knowledge of AAC/total communication
- Knowledge of standardised outcome measures and skills in the development of service-specific outcome measures
- In depth specialist knowledge of national policies and legislation relevant to client group
- Knowledge and application of professional standards and code of conduct
- Knowledge of professional and clinical guidelines relevant to the client group
- Awareness of issues relating to people with acquired disorders and effects of long-term disability
- Competent in use of IT for everyday communication
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and required standards of record keeping
- Knowledge of the NHS and understanding of the role of other professionals (relevant to client group)
Desirable
- Knowledge of primary and/or community health care
- Awareness of the Directorate's NHS agenda and supporting health policies
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, especially in relation to liaison and joint working
- Need to be available to work as part of the weekend HASU rota
- Evidence of highly developed negotiation skills and management of conflict
- Commitment to continued professional development and reflective practice
- Excellent presentation skills, oral and written
- Commitment to equal opportunities in work and service delivery
- Ability to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities
- Able to show leadership and QI skills to support a team of SLTS in CSS
- Adaptable to new situations and personnel.
- Commitment to person centred planning and user and carer involvement in service delivery and development
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent Analytical, negotiation and problem-solving skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
