Outreach Practitioner (Speech and Language Therapist)

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Full timePart time
We are seeking highly motivated, innovative, compassionate and clinically-experienced registered clinicians to join the newly established Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Outreach Team at Devon Partnership NHS Trust.

These exciting new clinical leadership Band 7 roles will involve working in collaboration with other LDA Outreach colleagues, community learning disability and autism colleagues, in addition to colleagues from 'The Brook', our 10-bedded Learning Disability and Autism inpatient unit.

We are seeking broad multidisciplinary representation, including Mental Health and Learning Disability nursing, in addition to AHPs with Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy backgrounds.

You should have extensive clinical knowledge, advanced clinical leadership skills, and be able to prioritise and manage workload. You should also have excellent safeguarding, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act knowledge, in addition to advanced interpersonal, communication, formulation, and risk assessment skills.

Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on 16th / 17th January 2025 - Subject to change.

A relocation package is available as part of this offer - See the documentation on our careers page for further information on our relocation package.

This post is offered at Band 7 subject to job matching.

Main duties of the job We welcome applications from clinicians who can proficiently demonstrate and promote effective clinical leadership and practice to the highest evidence-based standards.

Post holders will require the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multiprofessional team.

A central part of the role involves triaging, assessing, planning, and delivering complex care packages to admission-vulnerable service users across Devon and for those discharged from The Brook, whilst ensuring proactive liaison with other partner agencies, families, and care providers at every stage of care.

About Devon Partnership Trust We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high-quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.

Our values We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part-time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity, or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: GBP46,148.00-GBP52,809.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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