Job summary
Band 6 Speech and Language therapist to work in the Community Brain Injury Team (CBIT).The Community Brain Injury Team provides high-quality neuro-rehabilitation to address the physical, psychological and social consequences of brain injury.
The speech and language therapy postholder will work embedded within CBIT to provide specialist speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to optimise the communication of the service users. Colleagues will be an occupational therapist (team lead), physio, psychologist, rehab worker and admin support.
Applications are welcomed from staff currently employed by other NHS Trusts on a part-time basis. You may work across two Trusts, subject to the condition that your total aggregate working hours across both employers do not exceed the standard full-time working week of 37.5 hours. We will require you to work 15 hours with us though.
Main duties of the job
- To provide expert speech and language therapy assessment andrehabilitation to service users of the Community Brain Injury Team (CBIT)- To provide a consistently high standard of goal-orientated treatmentprogrammes for patients with complex neuro-rehabilitation needs.-To ensure excellent communication and guidance to the clinical team,patients, carers and families on the communication needs of the person to optimise their recovery and function.
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Active relevant health professional / AHP registration
Desirable
- A degree or equivalent qualification/experience at post registration level
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary / interagency working including autonomous and collaborative working
- Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical specialty (neurorehab and specifically brain injury)
- Further training relevant to the role
- Post registration experience of working within a relevant setting and specialty
- An understanding of relevant legal frameworks including Mental Capacity Act, Health and Care Act, Care Act, Health and Safety etc.
Desirable
- Membership of a professional special interest group
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Understanding and expertise in the principles of risk assessment and risk management
- Ability to respond efficiently to complex information within tight deadlines and prioritise accordingly
- Ability to effectively communicate the outcomes of assessments and interventions to a range of people including patient, carer, family and professionals who may or may not have any prior knowledge or experience of communication difficulties.
- Problem solving/decision making in relation to clinical practice
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Active relevant health professional / AHP registration
Desirable
- A degree or equivalent qualification/experience at post registration level
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary / interagency working including autonomous and collaborative working
- Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical specialty (neurorehab and specifically brain injury)
- Further training relevant to the role
- Post registration experience of working within a relevant setting and specialty
- An understanding of relevant legal frameworks including Mental Capacity Act, Health and Care Act, Care Act, Health and Safety etc.
Desirable
- Membership of a professional special interest group
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Understanding and expertise in the principles of risk assessment and risk management
- Ability to respond efficiently to complex information within tight deadlines and prioritise accordingly
- Ability to effectively communicate the outcomes of assessments and interventions to a range of people including patient, carer, family and professionals who may or may not have any prior knowledge or experience of communication difficulties.
- Problem solving/decision making in relation to clinical practice
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).
