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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Mersey Care NHS FT, Maghull, Sefton
- Onsite working
- Full time
- Permanent
Posted today, 30 May
Job ref: c3bbddbf258a472ea62a2f537acbcac5
Full Job Description
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, The role of the highly specialist speech and language therapist consists of supporting people with learning disabilities who have complex communication needs, management of dysphagia, management of waiting lists and working as MDT to provide person centred holistic care., We are now recruiting a full-time Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) to work within the learning disability team in Aspen Wood. The main duties of the role consist of:
1. Full management responsibility for managing and prioritising caseload.
2. Supervise other speech and language therapists and support workers in the team.
4. To provide clinical leadership and training to the wider staff team with regards to speech, language and communication.
5. To provide in depth specialist speech and language therapy assessments for the more complex service users referred to the team.
6. To formulate and implement support plans as part of the MDT.
7. Advising team manager about capacity / gaps in service delivery / operational issues.
8. To facilitate the education of service users, relatives and other agencies concerned with provision of learning disability services in the community.
11. To ensure Safeguarding requirements are upheld.
12. Promote health and reduce inequalities for all patients accessing the speech and language therapy service.
13. Use highly developed skills to convey complex and sensitive clinical information, using a high level of persuasive and motivational skill to enable others to follow swallowing/therapy plans., To provide high quality consultation, specialist assessment and intervention of speech, language and communication needs.
To support the development of the Speech and Language Therapy service and strive for continuous improvement.
To take a lead on and provide evidence-based Speech and Language
Therapy assessment, treatment and intervention to service users who have complex needs.
This role will be integrated in the therapy team and will work with the team to develop person centred care.
Supervision will be provided within the trust as applicable.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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.
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