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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust is a Foundation Trust providing services for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Child & Family and Adult Community Services for the county of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The Trust is at the leading edge of practice development with a range of innovative projects. We achieve excellence through harnessing the quality, energy and initiative of our staff who are our most valuable resource and are supported with opportunities for education and personal development.
The Trust is committed to:
- Putting service users at the centre of our work
- Partnership and the need to work closely and in tandem with a whole range of individuals and organisations, including services users, carers and staff
- Promoting responsibility and accountability through devolving and empowering local management and clinical leadership
- Efficiency and the need to provide effective services
- Quality, providing services at the best level of quality within the resources available
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - LD Community Team East
Closed for applications on: 25-Sep-2023 00:03
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 25-Sep-2023 00:03
Key details
Location
- Site
- Carew House
- Address
- Beacon Technology Park, Dunmere Road
- Town
- Bodmin
- Postcode
- PL31 2QN
- Major / Minor Region
- Cornwall
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum / Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
The Cornwall Adult Learning Disability Team is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team.
The post holder will work alongside a cohesive, innovative and dynamic MDT to improve quality of life and reduce health inequalities for adults with Learning Disabilities with communication and dysphagia needs. The post holder will contribute to service development, supervision of colleagues and autonomously manage a caseload of adults with complex needs who are referred to the service.
The post holder will provide communication and dysphagia assessment and interventions using core SLT skills for individuals with a learning disability e.g., Keyword signing, Intensive Interaction, high-tech AAC and mealtime assessment. This includes monitoring health outcomes and progress through review care plans.
The post holder will need to work flexibly, independently, as well as within the wider MDT. The post holder will need to be IT literate and have experience of adapting their communication appropriately.
The successful candidate will have post graduate experience at band 5 and/or band 6 level or equivalent. Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities, skills for delivering training, and dysphagia competencies are preferred. We can support the right candidate to develop these skills if required.
This post is based in East Cornwall.
Proposed interview date: TBC
Advert
Successful applicants will offer a service to a caseload of adults aged 18 and over with learning disabilities, who are referred to the service.
To provide supervision within the team.
A key aspect of the role is delivering training programmes relating to communication needs and dysphagia.
Deliver training with presentation and communication skills.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified SLT registered with HCPC
- Evidence of being an autonomous SLT practitioner
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Clinical experience in a range of core areas including dysphagia and AAC
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of training or teaching other staff in an MDT or multi agency setting
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Understanding the health needs of people with a learning disability
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Taylor
- Job title
- Team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01208 834455
- Additional information
Kylie Cox, Team Manager 01208 834455
Georgina Samuels - West Adult LD Team Manager - 01209 204025
or Julia De Grunchy SLT Lead on 07717 427 605
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