Job summary
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Adult Community SLT Services
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 7 -Maternity Cover from May 2024 for 12 months
Part Time 22.5 hours per week
Who are we?
The Speech and Language Therapy Service in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent offer assessment and treatment to adult patients who have acquired communication and / or swallowing difficulties in community locations such as the person's own home.
An opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to work 22.5 hours per week in the part of the service which supports adults with speech, language and communication needs.
Location - Stoke on Trent and the surrounding areas.
Delivery of care - telemedicine, face to face clinics, telephone contacts and seeing people in their own homes.
What we'd ask of you
We are looking for an experienced clinician who is enthusiastic and highly motivated. We'd like you to be passionate about working with people with communication barriers. We'd expect you to be happy to travel to see people in a location which suits them best, be great at engaging with the people who use the service and their families, and to be happy to offer face to face appointments, telephone calls, and telemedicine services.
Main duties of the job
You will need to have the following skills or experience:
- Be a registered Speech and Language Therapist
- Be independently competent in managing communication needs of adult patients
- Be able to support and manage other staff members who report to this role
- A willingness to attend Clinical Excellence Networks relevant to the post
What can we offer?
We know that competition within the SLT job market is fierce! As such, we would like to offer you a range of benefits associated with working with us:
- 20% protected time each week for supervisions, CPD, self-directed learning or project work.
- Strong links with the local university which is soon to offer an undergraduate master degree in SLT. This includes opportunities to be involved in the course syllabus, lecturing, student placements and interviews.
- Opportunities to access CENs, training, mentoring, peer support groups, conferences, our journal club and our own inhouse SLT forum.
- Comprehensive clinical and management supervision to suit your needs.
- A workplace buddy to help you settle into the role and area.
- Great clerical support and access to communication assistants.
- The opportunity to be autonomous in your own clinic diary and flexible working arrangements.
- An NHS trust with a great ethos of caring for staff and patients, and a strong commitment to embracing EDI values.
- A team of SLTs with experience where you can be yourself with non-judgemental positive regard offered to you without question.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What Staffordshire can offer?
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent is a large geographic area. There are rural and urban areas, people from a range of socio-economic backgrounds and true multicultural communities. This presents excellent opportunities for CPD, expanding clinical knowledge / skills and varied, stimulating work.
The region is vibrant and undergoing major regeneration in areas such as Stoke on Trent. During the current economic climate associated with the cost of living, Staffordshire has a lower cost of living and an affordable housing market. There are excellent transport links to scenic countryside and neighbouring cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham; there are places of historic interest; a lively cultural scene; and great schools for those with families.
With all of this in mind, the West Midlands was recently voted the second best place to live in the UK.
PLEASE NOTE:
All references from any previous employers will be sought. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your referees. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registration with HCPC and RCSLT
- Post Graduate RCSLT accredited dysphagia course or equivalent
Desirable
- Post graduate study to masters level in relevant area that will support the delivery of the service.
- Member of relevant Clinical Excellence Network
- Completion of an Advanced Dysphagia course or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of expert/advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the post, such as the clinical management of voice disorders, dysphagia assessments.
- To have advanced professional and clinical knowledge of acquired communication disorders and dysphagia, with particular emphasis on benign ENT and voice disorders.
- Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with the impact of communication / eating and drinking difficulties
- Proficient IT skills to participate in electronic patient noting systems in the Trust.
- Experience of caseload prioritisation, ability to manage a clinical caseload safely and to delegate to other members of the team appropriately.
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working, with a community environment.
- Supervision of clinical colleagues, such as assistants.
Desirable
- Experience of student training.
- Experience of leading clinical audit in specialism
- Experience of negotiation and conflict management in clinical situations.
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bentilee Neighbourhood Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
ST2 0EU