Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist

Job Overview We have an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our Community Speech and Language Therapy Service in South East Essex. We are a small, friendly and supportive team providing speech and language therapy to adults in the community, based at Hadleigh Clinic (near Southend-on-Sea) in South East Essex. We are looking for a confident and motivated Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to work with us, assessing and treating people with a range of acquired and progressive neurological conditions, non-neurological conditions, and voice disorders. Our work is varied and rewarding, making a real difference to our patients’ quality of life. Applicants will need to be fully dysphagia trained, with at least one year's experience of working as a qualified Speech and Language Therapist. The post is full time (1.0 WTE, 37.5 hours a week) and is currently Monday to Friday, with no weekend working required. Main duties of the job To provide a Speech and Language Therapy service across South East Essex for adults with communication and swallowing disorders; assessing and treating people with a range of acquired and progressive neurological conditions, non-neurological conditions, and voice disorders. To make a differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties on the basis of specialist formal and informal clinical assessments; to ensure that all interventions are based on accurate, appropriate, and sufficient assessment. To provide programmes of therapy activities and demonstrations of those activities to those concerned (family, staff, visitors) to enable carry over and generalisation of new skills into the wider communicative environment. To use appropriate outcome measures to evaluate personal clinical effectiveness. To submit activity data, using SystmOne, accurately, regularly, and promptly in accordance with agreed guidelines and policies. To supervise the work of less experienced SLTs, students, and assistants and ensure that those to whom tasks are delegated, have the appropriate level of competence. To participate in the development of SLT Service risk management, quality standards setting, and Clinical Governance/audit projects, advising the clinical lead of any changes or developments that may affect service planning and policy. Working for our organisation EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including: Season Ticket Loans NHS discounts for staff Excellent Training facilities and opportunities Buying and Selling annual leave scheme The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work Day One Flexible Employer The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment. Equal Opportunities Employer Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities; we encourage people with a disability to apply. The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly. We would advise, however, due to the high number of applications we receive, that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

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