Job summary
The Adult Speech and Language Therapy team are very pleased to be advertising this band 6 post to join our forward-thinking and supportive team.
We are looking for a Band 6 therapist who would like to work 3 days a week in our community team.
Our community team works across Lincolnshire 5 days a week in a variety of settings including health centres and outpatient clinics, patient homes, care and residential homes and community hospitals. We provide assessment and intervention for a range of patients with varied conditions and associated speech and language difficulties including dysphagia,voice, aphasia, dysfluency and dysarthria as well as AAC needs.
Main duties of the job
- To provide assessment, diagnosis and specialist evidence-based intervention to adult patients referred for Speech and Language Therapy, including providing self-care and information to patients, carers, and other professionals.
- To provide clinical support to and supervise a small number of Band 5 SLTs and/or SLTAs.
If you would like to see more of a Community SLT 'Day in the Life' in LCHS, please do view our video on You Tube:
Beth - SALT
About us
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.
We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:
- Jennifer Burnett, Adult SLT Operational Lead 07840 842 081, jennifer.burnett5@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.
We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:
- Jennifer Burnett, Adult SLT Operational Lead 07840 842 081, jennifer.burnett5@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including relevant post graduate courses (such as dysphagia training)
Desirable
- Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
- Undertaken Clinical Educator Training.
- Registered member of RCSLT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of having worked as an SLT for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties
- Experience of having worked as a speech and language therapist for adults. Having an in-depth knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and case load management within a broad range of clinical areas and experience of working with more complex cases or those within a specialist area of interest.
Desirable
- Experience of working in community settings
- Experience of working in inpatient critical care settings.
- Experience of working in secondary care settings
- Experience of supervising therapy assistants.
- Experience of and ability to work in a broad multidisciplinary team across organisational boundaries
- Knowledge and use of AAC
- Experience of assessment and management of a voice caseload
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant specialist knowledge, e.g., of trends/best practice, of appropriate assessment tools/treatment techniques
- Knowledge of clinical governance activities
Desirable
- Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including relevant post graduate courses (such as dysphagia training)
Desirable
- Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
- Undertaken Clinical Educator Training.
- Registered member of RCSLT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of having worked as an SLT for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties
- Experience of having worked as a speech and language therapist for adults. Having an in-depth knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and case load management within a broad range of clinical areas and experience of working with more complex cases or those within a specialist area of interest.
Desirable
- Experience of working in community settings
- Experience of working in inpatient critical care settings.
- Experience of working in secondary care settings
- Experience of supervising therapy assistants.
- Experience of and ability to work in a broad multidisciplinary team across organisational boundaries
- Knowledge and use of AAC
- Experience of assessment and management of a voice caseload
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant specialist knowledge, e.g., of trends/best practice, of appropriate assessment tools/treatment techniques
- Knowledge of clinical governance activities
Desirable
- Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
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).
