Assistant Practitioner in Speech & Language Therapy

Job overview

We have an exciting post available to support Speech & Language Therapy (SLT) provision across both Community and in-patient settings, working closely with the SLTs and others in the multi-disciplinary team.

Successful applicants will need to be able to work flexibly, including providing community domiciliary visits to support therapy provision in client's homes. There may also be requirement to work in in-patient settings, particularly on the Stroke Unit at Diana Princess of Wales hospital, Grimsby - as well as other ward areas if required.

Your role will include provision of communication therapy, support with augmentative and alternative communication systems (AAC) and exercises for speech and swallowing.

These posts would be ideally suited to someone already working at a Band 4 level or with previous skill/experience in this area but could be open to those wishing to progress from a Band 3 which would then be supported by the completion of a foundation degree and completion of appropriate work based competencies as per policy.

Interview date:  Thursday 19 December

Main duties of the job

• Manage a delegated caseload of patients referred for communication or swallowing difficulty with clinical supervision from the Specialist SLTs within your clinical area.
• Ensure their treatment is evidence based and patient centred.
• Assess, plan and implement interventions following completion of supervised practice and theoretical training and acquisition of competency.
• Develop competency to provide communication and swallowing support to patients in the acute adult inpatient setting or community setting (own home, residential and nursing home) and specialist adult outpatient clinics as caseload demands (this may be any hospital location covered by NLAG and community locations throughout North and North-East Lincolnshire).
• Contribute to the delivery of education programmes to staff, and patients within delegated case load.
• Contribute to the training and development of SLT students, Band 3 SLT Assistants and SLTs new to your clinical area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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