Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary
Are you a Speech and Language Therapist looking for an opportunity to widen your experience and develop your skills working with adults who have Learning Disabilities? We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Speech and Language Therapy team. We are a supportive, nurturing and innovative team who are excited to welcome new members to join us. We work as part of a Multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Team consisting of Community Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Physiotherapists, Support Workers and Psychiatrists. Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust Learning Disability Services are pleased to have this exciting opportunity for a B6 Speech and Language Therapy to join the well-established team. Applicants will be versatile and innovative with experience or enthusiasm to work in speech and language therapy in a community learning disability setting. We welcome applications from current band 5 Speech and Language Therapists who wish to gain experience in a band 6 role as well as established band 6 clinicians.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills with an ability to form wide networks with both health and social care teams. You will be able to deliver compassionate, patient focused care with a strong reference to the clinical evidence base. The successful candidate will be eager to develop their knowledge in specific clinical areas to improve practice and to strengthen the team's response to need.

It would be essential for the applicant to have completed post graduate competencies in dysphagia and be able to practise independently with a dysphagia caseload. As this is a community post the applicant must be a car driver with access to a vehicle.

Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust has a strong commitment in continuing professional development, structured through clinical supervision, appraisal, and personal development planning.

The service runs Monday to Friday 9 to 5. All team members have access to full remote technology (phones and laptops) to support smart ways of working. LD services are adaptive in safely and effectively meeting the needs of our service users and their carers.

About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers) . This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team View email address on meeveem.com Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registered

Skills

• Must be a driver

Experience

• Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

• Post basic dysphagia competencies

Values

• Enthusiasm for working with people with learning disabilities

Values (Desirable)

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

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).