Speech and Language Therapist Learning Disability Band 5

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

Are you a newly qualified speech and language therapist or do you have a little more experience? Do you want to work as part of a small but supportive team making a real difference to the lives of people with a learning disability? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We have the exciting opportunity for Band 5 speech and language therapists to join our Learning Disability Speech and Language Therapy team.

You will be working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland as part of a wide-ranging MDT, supporting a huge variety of patients with a learning disability and communication difficulties.

You will be working in homes, day services, with carers, families and the individuals themselves to ensure that everyone is included in the planning and delivery of care.

We also have the opportunity to work in our LD Crisis Support team supporting urgent communication assessments.

You will find us a supportive team, with lots of supervision, CPD opportunities and the chance to develop special interests. We have fun too, with regular health and wellbeing activities that we would love you to be a part of.

We offer flexible and hybrid working policies, free parking at base and free uniform!

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are:

Holding a caseload of communication clients
Providing assessment, diagnosis, intervention, training and outcome measures around a range of communication difficulties in the community of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Completing contemporaneous records using our computer system
Adding to service improvement discussions and projects
Please see job description attached for full details.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

05 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-23-0893

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
Health Professional Council- Licence to Practice
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Access to a car with full driver's licence and business insurance.

Desirable

Knowledge and Skills
3.1 Overview knowledge of assessment tools used with Adults with a Learning Disability (ALD) and why these would be used
3.2 Knowledge of the type of interventions appropriate to ALD and expected outcomes
3.3 awareness of the principles of clinical governance
3.4 awareness of standards of record keeping
3.5 understanding of Valuing People and overall focus of Learning Disability Services
3.6 good understanding of the RCSLT Position Paper on ALD
See person spec attached to job description for full details

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience at an undergraduate/postgraduate level, showing that they can apply their learning to learning disability services

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
Health Professional Council- Licence to Practice
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Access to a car with full driver's licence and business insurance.

Desirable

Knowledge and Skills
3.1 Overview knowledge of assessment tools used with Adults with a Learning Disability (ALD) and why these would be used
3.2 Knowledge of the type of interventions appropriate to ALD and expected outcomes
3.3 awareness of the principles of clinical governance
3.4 awareness of standards of record keeping
3.5 understanding of Valuing People and overall focus of Learning Disability Services
3.6 good understanding of the RCSLT Position Paper on ALD
See person spec attached to job description for full details

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience at an undergraduate/postgraduate level, showing that they can apply their learning to learning disability services

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.