Job summary
PART-TIME - 30 Hours Per Week
Are you keen to make a difference to patients? Are you enthusiastic, motivated and keen to help patients achieve their goals with communication and/or eating and drinking, following head injury or other neurological conditions? If so, this might be the post for you. We offer fantastic opportunities to work in a like-minded rehab team, providing personalised care to patients whilst making the most of the training and development opportunities available to you.
Our Speech and Language Therapy Support Worker post is four days a week and based on the neuro wards at Southmead Hospital with the Acute inpatient Speech and Language Therapy Team (Core Clinical Services).
Main duties of the job
An SLT Support Worker is a member of the direct care team who supports registered SLTs to meet patient needs. The SLT Support Worker provides assistance and therapy to patients as delegated by the registered practitioner and directed by the appropriate team leader.
An SLT Support Worker will be expected to undertake a range of duties under the direction of and will be required to report back on those delegated duties to an SLT.
The SLT Support Worker will be competent to provide compassionate assistance and therapy to agreed quality standards. The SLT Support Worker will be supported and expected to acquire and develop skills appropriate to this post.
This post is based within the inpatient SLT team and would include the following: carrying out speech and language therapy related activities with the patients, family and staff (eg delivering therapy tasks, checking patient notes for information); assisting with administrative tasks (eg scanning, photocopying and data entry); producing, providing and maintaining equipment and communication aids.
The SLT Support Worker will have an assigned supervisor to support them in this role
This role is based in the Hyper Acute Rehab Team (HART) working with inpatients with complex rehabilitation needs following head injury and other neurological conditions.
About us
NBT Cares. It's a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care.
Cares stands for Caring, Ambitious, Respectful and Supportive:
- Caring - because it underpins everything we do for our patients and the way we care for one another
- Ambitious - because it signals that we always want to improve what we do on behalf of our patients and one another
- Respectful - because every individual has an important role to play
- Supportive - because we're a team and deliver together
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Practice safe standards of assistance and therapy to patients following NBT protocols/policies and within the scope of the SLT Support Worker role.
2. Participate in patient assessment (under the direction of and after appropriate delegation from the SLT), to deliver high standards of care.
3. Practice appropriate competencies as identified by the SLT department.
4. Follow individual treatment plans and report any changes immediately to the SLT.
5. Work effectively as part of a team.
6. Actively promote and enable timely discharge under guidance of the SLT and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
7. Help individuals to maintain swallow and communication function and participate in rehabilitation programmes where appropriate.
8. Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding all aspects of care demonstrating a range of appropriate communication skills.
9. Maintain clear concise patient records and documentation adhering to national standards and trust policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Practice safe standards of assistance and therapy to patients following NBT protocols/policies and within the scope of the SLT Support Worker role.
2. Participate in patient assessment (under the direction of and after appropriate delegation from the SLT), to deliver high standards of care.
3. Practice appropriate competencies as identified by the SLT department.
4. Follow individual treatment plans and report any changes immediately to the SLT.
5. Work effectively as part of a team.
6. Actively promote and enable timely discharge under guidance of the SLT and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
7. Help individuals to maintain swallow and communication function and participate in rehabilitation programmes where appropriate.
8. Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding all aspects of care demonstrating a range of appropriate communication skills.
9. Maintain clear concise patient records and documentation adhering to national standards and trust policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Education, training and qualifications
Essential
- Apprenticeship in Health Level 3 or equivalent work based experience
- Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or equivalent
Work experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a member of a team
- Experience of time management skills and prioritising work
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
Knowledge, skills, experience
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Able to demonstrate an awareness of health care work and policies and procedures
- Committed to providing high quality patient care
- Able to adapt quickly to changing situations
- Enthusiasm and commitment to working within health care setting
- Able to meet the physical and educational demands of the role
Person Specification
Education, training and qualifications
Essential
- Apprenticeship in Health Level 3 or equivalent work based experience
- Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or equivalent
Work experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a member of a team
- Experience of time management skills and prioritising work
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health or social care setting
Knowledge, skills, experience
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Able to demonstrate an awareness of health care work and policies and procedures
- Committed to providing high quality patient care
- Able to adapt quickly to changing situations
- Enthusiasm and commitment to working within health care setting
- Able to meet the physical and educational demands of the role
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).
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).
