Speech and Language Therapist (Band 6) - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Main area: Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work between 08:00 and 20:00)

Job ref: 327-25-110

Site: Pullman Place, Town: Gloucester

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 03/03/2025 23:59

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

Job overview

Are you an established band 6 therapist or a band 5 therapist looking for their next step and an opportunity to develop your skills working with a small caseload of children and adults with a learning disability?

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our Learning Disability Intensive Support Service (LDISS). We are a nationally recognised service, providing people with a Learning Disability that cannot be supported in mainstream services, the required support in the community with the aim of keeping people at home and avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to adults and children with learning disabilities referred to LDISS.
• Provide specialist speech & language therapy in our small learning disability inpatient service based at Berkeley House in Stroud, supporting both those residing in Berkeley House and offering outreach support into the community.
• Provide specialist communication assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions to individuals who are referred to LDISS or Berkeley House.
• Optimise the service users’ ability to remain in the community and/or be cared for in the least restrictive environment.
• Facilitate appropriate discharge from hospital and respond to agencies requiring assessment of service users who are being considered for hospital admission.
• Be a mentor for SaLT students under the remit of the profession.
• Identify, assess eligibility for, provide and support in the implementation of alternative/augmentative communication aids, including visual resources and high/low tech devices.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, develop, and implement Specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment and intervention; ensuring that service users are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
• 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 specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of service users with communication difficulties.
• To plan and prioritise workload, exercising autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of service users with communication difficulties.
• Assessing improvement in quality of life following SaLT input through the use of appropriate and informative outcome measures.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Appropriate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
• Evidence of post graduate training in Children and Adults with learning disability

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in working with people with Learning disabilities
• Experience of working within a multi disciplinary team

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.