Job summary
A fabulous opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to be part of the inpatient team at Hartley Hospital.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
Undertake assessment in clinical inpatient settings. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the evidence base and a range of treatment options to formulate individualised and holistic treatment programmes within the parameters of the service.
To utilise your core speech and language therapy skills to provide high quality speech and language therapy interventions to adults and older people with a mental illness ,dementia and physical health issues.
A duty to evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes.
Demonstrate flexibility to respond to the needs of the service and be responsible for a designated area of work. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively your patient/client caseload and non patient responsibilities.
The post holder will contribute to the continuing professional development within the team accessing learning opportunities and sharing knowledge with colleagues.
You will be required to participate in the annual Personal Achievement Contribution Evaluation (PACE).
Adherence to RCSLT speech and language therapy standards and codes of practice.
Main duties of the job
This role would provide the opportunity to develop your clinical skills with this patient group. The post holder will liaise with a wide range of professional and external agencies to ensure efficient, high quality patient care.
To utilise your core speech and language therapy skills to provide high quality speech and language therapy interventions to adults and older people with a mental illness,
To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team offering a comprehensive service to service users who require specialist mental health interventions.
To participate in the ongoing development and maintenance of quality services, managing complex care directly, and indirectly eg training staff in strategies to support communication and/or safer swallowing.
To participate in the education and supervision of a range of students.
To maintain clear links with your speech and language therapy structures, Lead SLT and your AHP lead within the Trust.
Support the speech and language therapy team development, promoting SLT role within multidisciplinary team and alerting managers to areas of SLT need and service development
Adherence to RCSLT speech and language therapy standards and codes of practice.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To participate as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in a multi-disciplinary team, with specific responsibility to assess and treat adults with complex health needs.
To be responsible for the delivery of specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy intervention in a variety of settings primarily inpatient,communication and swallowing disorders, such as dysphagia, dysfluency, voice, head and neck.
To act as a Care coordinator where applicable, ensuring that clients have full access to any generic services that they require.
To be responsible and accountable for their own caseload and ensure that care plans are written and reviewed regularly.
To contribute to the prioritisation of the waiting list for Speech and Language Therapy.
To complete intake assessments on behalf of the team and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team.
To work alongside and liaise with other professionals within the team, and families. To provide clinical advice to these on the communication needs of clients, resolving areas of conflict as necessary.
To provide specialist knowledge on alternative and augmentative systems of communication, where appropriate. To ensure that all relevant agencies have access to all systems.
To provide training to staff teams around specific individuals communication to devise strategies and management plans.
To be able to deputise on the absence of the clinical lead and ensure coordination of caseload is well managed within the team.
To be an active and enthusiastic team member by participating with service improvement activities, promoting innovation, being supportive to other team members and proactive when identifying potential issues in the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To participate as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in a multi-disciplinary team, with specific responsibility to assess and treat adults with complex health needs.
To be responsible for the delivery of specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy intervention in a variety of settings primarily inpatient,communication and swallowing disorders, such as dysphagia, dysfluency, voice, head and neck.
To act as a Care coordinator where applicable, ensuring that clients have full access to any generic services that they require.
To be responsible and accountable for their own caseload and ensure that care plans are written and reviewed regularly.
To contribute to the prioritisation of the waiting list for Speech and Language Therapy.
To complete intake assessments on behalf of the team and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team.
To work alongside and liaise with other professionals within the team, and families. To provide clinical advice to these on the communication needs of clients, resolving areas of conflict as necessary.
To provide specialist knowledge on alternative and augmentative systems of communication, where appropriate. To ensure that all relevant agencies have access to all systems.
To provide training to staff teams around specific individuals communication to devise strategies and management plans.
To be able to deputise on the absence of the clinical lead and ensure coordination of caseload is well managed within the team.
To be an active and enthusiastic team member by participating with service improvement activities, promoting innovation, being supportive to other team members and proactive when identifying potential issues in the service.
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills
- Excellent analytical and reflection skills.
- Well-developed concentration skills.
- Excellent presentation skills written and verbal
- Excellent organizational skills
- Prioritisation and time management Skills
- Good Auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe phonetically.
- Able to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities.
- Able to work independently recognising own limits.
- Flexible and able to cope with change.
- Learns from experience and willing to adapt accordingly, including learning new skills.
- Able to critically appraise research Articles.
- Ability to communicate highly complex or sensitive advice and information to others
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level.
- Experience of carrying out specialist assessments and interventions.
- Proven ability to work independently, prioritise and manage own complex caseload.
- Experience of working with highly complex cases, such as progressive illness and rare conditions.
- Evidence of experience of: Multi disciplinary team working.
- Leading in service projects
- Developing and leading training of others and Language Therapists.
- Advanced knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- n depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Understands the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Understands the standards of record keeping
- Understands confidentiality as relating to the NHS
Desirable
- Student training
- Experience of delivering/developing training to staff/carers
- Experience of using iPads and other forms of technology.
- Experience of facilitating groups.
- Experience of providing supervision to staff members.
- Experience of being a Clinical Educator
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a recognised training course awarding relevant degree/diploma approved by the RCSLT and HPC
- Registered with the HPC - License to practice.
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master's level or equivalent
- Experiential training which demonstrates highly specialist skills in specialist area
- Evidence of management training.
- Evidence of leadership training.
- Membership of relevant special interest groups.
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in speciality
- Postgraduate Dysphagia qualification / competencies
- Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills
- Excellent analytical and reflection skills.
- Well-developed concentration skills.
- Excellent presentation skills written and verbal
- Excellent organizational skills
- Prioritisation and time management Skills
- Good Auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe phonetically.
- Able to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities.
- Able to work independently recognising own limits.
- Flexible and able to cope with change.
- Learns from experience and willing to adapt accordingly, including learning new skills.
- Able to critically appraise research Articles.
- Ability to communicate highly complex or sensitive advice and information to others
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level.
- Experience of carrying out specialist assessments and interventions.
- Proven ability to work independently, prioritise and manage own complex caseload.
- Experience of working with highly complex cases, such as progressive illness and rare conditions.
- Evidence of experience of: Multi disciplinary team working.
- Leading in service projects
- Developing and leading training of others and Language Therapists.
- Advanced knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- n depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Understands the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Understands the standards of record keeping
- Understands confidentiality as relating to the NHS
Desirable
- Student training
- Experience of delivering/developing training to staff/carers
- Experience of using iPads and other forms of technology.
- Experience of facilitating groups.
- Experience of providing supervision to staff members.
- Experience of being a Clinical Educator
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of a recognised training course awarding relevant degree/diploma approved by the RCSLT and HPC
- Registered with the HPC - License to practice.
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master's level or equivalent
- Experiential training which demonstrates highly specialist skills in specialist area
- Evidence of management training.
- Evidence of leadership training.
- Membership of relevant special interest groups.
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in speciality
- Postgraduate Dysphagia qualification / competencies
- Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
