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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Speech and Language Therapist - Banbury
Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 8-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Samuelson House
- Address
- Tramway Road
- Town
- Banbury
- Postcode
- OX16 5AU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5 (Subject to Banding))
Specialty
- Main area
- Specialised Services
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time, permanent Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist working in the North Oxfordshire Adult Learning Disability Team (Monday to Friday, based in Banbury, with countywide travel), with an offer of some remote home working included.
You will be working as part of a part of a small enthusiastic team of Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) within an innovative service which provides specialist, holistic assessment and intervention for adults with learning disabilities. Each therapist is embedded within a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside a range of allied health professionals, Nurses, Psychologists and Psychiatrists, allowing a uniquely holistic style of working.
Please note this vacancy/JD is subject to Job Evaluation/Banding.
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- In this role, you will be responsible for providing specialist speech and language assessment and therapy, including the assessment and implementation of both low-tech and high-tech AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication) for individual service users.
- You will be providing assessment and intervention for adults with learning disabilities who have communication needs.
- It's important for you to recognise your own professional boundaries and competencies and will have access to support and supervision from a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist and Clinical Lead Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist.
- You will manage an independent communication caseload and will also be responsible for delivering specialist communication training to families, support staff and other professionals in the North of Oxfordshire and supporting with the running of our communication groups.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post would be suitable for newly qualified applicants and those who are not dysphagia trained and includes opportunities to further develop skills and gain qualifications in dysphagia.
We are passionate about continued professional development; offering both external and internal training opportunities and regular continued professional development sessions within the service to support this. You will be offered regular support and supervision from a clinical supervisor, alongside the Speech and Language Therapy clinical Lead and North Team manager.
- All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
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
- Registered member of RCSLT
- Registered member of HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Accredited (or similar) post graduate dysphagia training
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses.
Skills/abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to make evidenced based differential diagnoses
- Identify own strengths/needs and able to seek support
- Delegation and time management skills
- High standard of written communication skills
- Good auditory and perceptual skills, including ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Computer literacy skills.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of communication needs in ALD.
- Knowledge of national SLT standards and guidelines for ALD
- Knowledge of national policies and legislation relevant to ALD.
Desirable criteria
- High level of communication knowledge, underpinned by theory and practical experience
- Specific knowledge related of communication needs in ALD for people with complex needs
- Knowledge of specific current approaches to intervention in ALD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Placement experinece that demonstrates transferrable knowledge for client group
Desirable criteria
- Completed RCSLT NQP competencies
- Experience of working with a range of communication needs with adults with a learning disability or similar as an SLT or in another relevant capacity
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
- Experience of training others
- Experience of supervising others
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beatrice Anastasiou
- Job title
- Clinical Lead, Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557317095
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
No longer accepting applications
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