About this role
Job summary
The Speech and Language Team (SaLT) work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering a high-quality specialist services to individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism.
This newly created clinical lead role will work across Learning Disabilities and Autism services to meet the communication and dysphagia needs of both client groups. We are looking for an enthusiastic SaLT that can support the team with specialist assessments to meet their communication needs. You will be a person-centred SaLT who is committed to advocating for and meeting the needs of Adults with a Learning Disability or Autism.
The post is split between the Learning Disability Service and Autism Diagnostic Services: 2 days a week with the Learning Disability Service and 3 days a week with the Autism Diagnostic Service.
You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist assessment to adults with speech, language and communication needs. You will need to be a skilled assessor who can create specialist speech and language therapy treatment plans support, care plans and interventions that are co-produced with the people you support. You will use clear evidence-based practice to meet the person's needs, with identified clinical effectiveness and outcome measures. You will be required to support and supervise junior staff, and students within the service. You will need excellent communication skills that are adaptable to each person's needs.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist assessment to adults with speech, language and communication needs/Autism/Learning Disabilities.
To assess, develop and implement Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment and intervention, ensuring that service users and their carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
To provide clinical leadership and professional guidance to the Community Hubs as part of a multidisciplinary approach to meeting the communication and dysphagia needs of service users.
To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness, using evidence-based practice, adapting practice to meet individual service users' circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences, and by evaluating outcomes
To provide a high standard of clinical care, ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and discharge planning using clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based assessment tools.
To provide highly specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of service users/service users with communication difficulties.
To deal with complex issues in planning and prioritising workload, exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of service users with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.
To work autonomously, managing your own complex caseload independently, with oversight from the Team Coordinator.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT Evidence of specialised continued professional development in speech and language therapy Dysphagia competencies/ post basic dysphagia training HCPC registration
Desirable
Management training Leadership Training Accredited DISCO / ADIR / ADOS or equivalent diagnostic assessor Further theoretical training and experience in autism Further qualification on Sensory Integration
Special requirements Essential
Ability to travel around the county independently
Skills & Competences Essential
Highly developed clinical reasoning skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes Proven ability to work independently and as part of team Effective problem-solving skills Excellent analytical and reflection skills To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT Professional and Clinical and National and Local Clinical Guidelines Experience in delivering training Proven ability to work as part of a team Knowledge of autism and Learning Disabilities national agendas including NICE guidance, Autism Act and the Transforming care agenda Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Best interest process and Deprivation of Liberty Guidance and Mental Health Act
Desirable
Co- production Knowledge of 5 good communication standards Ability to critically appraise and evaluate clinical research, reports or papers
Experience Essential
Significant experience of working with adults with autism Significant experience or working with adults with a Learning Disability and their carers Experience of creating and delivering training on speech and language therapy related topics to patients, carers, colleagues Experience of leading on service-related projects including Audits Experience of supervising junior staff and/or students Knowledge and application of a range of assessments and therapeutic approaches for assessing speech, language and communication needs in adults Ability to relate clinical theory to clinical practice Experience of leading complex case discussions Experience providing clinical supervision
Desirable
Experience of working with adults with learning disability and/ or Mental Health issues Evidence of clinical supervision of others Experience of assessing people for ASD diagnostic purposes Attends Clinical Excellence Networks relevant to current role Attended training on communication strategies Experience of electronic communication aids
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 Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Unit 8, The Point
Lions Way
Sleaford
NG34 8GG
Employer's website https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)