Advanced Practitioner Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Community Forensic Services. This is an exciting new post and will provide a service to the East Riding Youth Justice Team, as well as the Learning Disability and Autism Pathway within the Community Forensic Service for adults. The post is split evenly between the two services and is supported by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) within FCAMHS, as well as an MDT within the Community Forensic Team. We recognise that people with Speech, Language and Communication Needs are disproportionately represented within the criminal justice system, and that early support is essential. You will join a supportive multidisciplinary team, working closely with partner agencies to support young people and adults with complex needs. You will deliver a trauma-informed service and be confident in risk management, with a strong track record of clinical leadership. The successful candidate will receive a comprehensive induction programme, along with specialist clinical and professional supervision.,

• To be accountable within own area of clinical responsibility, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based clinical interventions and practice.
• To provide an SLT lead role within the Community Forensic Team and East Riding Youth Justice Services, utilising relevant policies and legislation to support evidence-based practice.
• To supervise/manage staff and students working within their specialist area.
• To assess and treat their own caseload of patients, individually and/or in groups, as part of a multidisciplinary team, across a variety of settings.
• To continue to demonstrate advanced clinical skills in practice and provide support and advice regarding service development and the delivery of care in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers and external agencies, within the multidisciplinary Hub team and across the geographical area.
• To develop key partnerships, ensuring effective whole-system working through effective communication and networking with other disciplines, and by working across professional boundaries.
• To work with Professional Leads to ensure the delivery of evidence-based clinical practice, including involvement in research and audit, undertaking specialist research and treatment, and providing advanced clinical practice.
  
  We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care. We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started. We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised. We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support. From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.