Job Description
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to for a bank Band 7, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our dynamic community dysphagia team on a bank basis for up to 15 hours per week.
The successful applicant will have a breadth of specialist knowledge and experience in the highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention approaches for complex dysphagia presentation in children and babies.
Please note that for this role you will need a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours.
Contact Details: Georgina Thompson, Family Service Manager, 07918992631
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
The post holder will be provide highly specialist leadership in dysphagia on behalf of the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service;
- Provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention approaches for a complex caseload of children and young people with identified needs in dysphagia.
- Be responsible for leading service improvement and quality assurance of practice in dysphagia, providing supervision and training to staff.
- Participate as an active member of the Speech and Language Therapy Service extended leadership team, being responsible for service development and improvement in areas of dysphagia, based on the current evidence base, service plans and divisional/trust strategic priorities.
- Demonstrating a high level of knowledge and understanding of the national and local strategic context and their relationship with Speech and Language Therapy service delivery.
For more details please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.