About this role
Job summary Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking for a rewarding parttime role where your advanced expertise truly makes a difference? Join Adderley Green as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, managing a meaningful and complex caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
In this parttime role, you will take full personal, professional and legal responsibility for your own highly specialist caseload, working independently while accessing supervision and support when required. You will carry out detailed communication and swallowing assessments using a range of formal and informal tools, including perceptual analysis and indepth language assessment, to support accurate clinical decisionmaking and contribute to differential diagnosis and prognosis.
You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate explanations of complex communication, voice and swallowing needs. You will contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working, attending relevant clinical and management meetings within your agreed working pattern
Main duties of the job Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking for a rewarding part-time role where your advanced expertise truly makes a difference? Join Adderley Green as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, managing a meaningful and complex caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary team. In this part-time role, you will take full personal, professional and legal responsibility for your own highly specialist caseload, working independently while accessing supervision and support when required. You will carry out detailed communication and swallowing assessments using a range of formal and informal tools, including perceptual analysis and in-depth language assessment, to support accurate clinical decision-making and contribute to differential diagnosis and prognosis. You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate explanations of complex communication, voice and swallowing needs. You will contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working, attending relevant clinical and management meetings within your agreed working pattern.
About us Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Job description Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking for a rewarding parttime role where your advanced expertise truly makes a difference? Join Adderley Green as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, managing a meaningful and complex caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
In this parttime role, you will take full personal, professional and legal responsibility for your own highly specialist caseload, working independently while accessing supervision and support when required. You will carry out detailed communication and swallowing assessments using a range of formal and informal tools, including perceptual analysis and indepth language assessment, to support accurate clinical decisionmaking and contribute to differential diagnosis and prognosis.
You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate explanations of complex communication, voice and swallowing needs. You will contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working, attending relevant clinical and management meetings within your agreed working pattern and providing highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy input to care planning.
You will play a key role in managing swallowing programmes, including those involving PEG feeding, working collaboratively with nursing teams, kitchen staff and visiting dietitians to ensure safe swallowing practice and appropriate nutritional intake. You will also assess the need for communication aids and support residents and carers in their safe and effective use.
The role includes leading communicationfocused therapeutic groups (scheduled within your parttime hours), training therapy assistants and carers, and supporting colleagues in delivering individual communication and swallowing programmes. You will work alongside Psychology colleagues on complex capacity issues and use strong motivational, negotiation and problemsolving skills to support positive outcomes.
This role is also available as a full time role. Other responsibilities include: Staff and ensuring professional standards, priorities and policies are upheld
Contributing to service development
To be successful, you will need: HCPC registration
Experience managing a dysphagia caseload
Experience working with families
Evidence of continuing professional development
What You’ll Get As part of Elysium Healthcare, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth and future — all available to parttime colleagues on a prorata basis:
Competitive prorata salary based on a fulltime equivalent of £50,000
The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) prorata, plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional leave
Career development and training opportunities
Access to ElyVate rewards and wellbeing platform
Wellbeing support and activities
Blue Light Card access
Life Assurance
Stream: instant access to earned wages and savings tools
24/7 GP service and second medical opinion
Enhanced Maternity Package
Pension contribution
About Elysium Healthcare Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
HCPC registration, Experience managing a dysphagia caseload, Experience working with families, Evidence of continuing professional development
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Elysium Healthcare
Address Elysium Healthcare
Stoke on Trent
ST2 0TN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)