Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within Speech and Language Therapy in a well-established, experienced and passionate team who are committed to making a difference in people's lives. The Community Neuro Rehab Team (CNRT) is a multi-disciplinary team, providing services across the county of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, for people with acquired brain injuries and progressive neurological conditions. The team comprises of registered Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Psychology staff in addition to support workers.
Neurological rehabilitation aligns with the vision of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System, empowering people to live their best life, promoting self-care and independence. This is a time of change for the service with an ongoing review of how we can best support our patients and therefore the clinical leads will need to be motivated to explore the use of different ways of working and be excited by innovative and creative models of service delivery. The post holder will draw on their extensive experience of rehabilitation and leadership skills to deliver transformation, supported by the Team Leader, senior leads and members of our corporate and quality teams.
We expect the very best from our staff - In return we will offer you the opportunity to work alongside experts to help you further develop your clinical and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a passionate SLT who will lead the clinical team and provide advanced, highly specialist, clinically autonomous speech and language therapy input to adults with acquired brain injury including stroke, and to those with progressive neurological conditions as part of the Community Neuro Rehab Team.
The successful applicant will demonstrate excellent clinical skills, communication skills, an ability to work flexibly within the team and be an open and positive individual who wishes to strive to see the best for both our patients and our staff. A good understanding of data and the importance of evidence to underpin decision making will be essential to deliver quality and performance change.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Holds recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree (or equivalent qualification dependent on year of qualification).
- Holds Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Licence to Practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
- Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Post graduate qualifications relevant to specialist acquired neurological disorders field. Must hold post graduate certificate in dysphagia (or equivalent substantial experience and experiential training to demonstrate skills).
- Experiential training to demonstrate highly specialist skills in areas of acquired neurological communication and swallowing disorders.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience in this specialist field; experience of supervising and developing case management skills in less experienced staff, experience of developing and delivering training.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group) and best practice and the ability to translate policy into practice
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- Knowledge of the full range of appropriate assessment and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
- Management skills including prioritisation, organisation, leadership, analysis and reflection, negotiation and problem-solving and awareness of demand and capacity issues.
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically.
- Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors which influence service delivery in own clinical area of specialism.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Holds recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree (or equivalent qualification dependent on year of qualification).
- Holds Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Licence to Practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
- Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Post graduate qualifications relevant to specialist acquired neurological disorders field. Must hold post graduate certificate in dysphagia (or equivalent substantial experience and experiential training to demonstrate skills).
- Experiential training to demonstrate highly specialist skills in areas of acquired neurological communication and swallowing disorders.
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience in this specialist field; experience of supervising and developing case management skills in less experienced staff, experience of developing and delivering training.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group) and best practice and the ability to translate policy into practice
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- Knowledge of the full range of appropriate assessment and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
- Management skills including prioritisation, organisation, leadership, analysis and reflection, negotiation and problem-solving and awareness of demand and capacity issues.
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically.
- Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors which influence service delivery in own clinical area of specialism.
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).
