Job Description

The Adult Community Speech & Language Therapy Team have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced band 6 Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team for a year's fixed term contract to cover maternity leave, based in beautiful South Devon, with easy access to beautiful beaches and moors.



We are an innovative and motivated team within a supportive and collaborative environment that offers:



An opportunity to work with a varied caseload, including Parkinson's Disease, dementia, stroke and MND.



Access to instrumental swallowing assessment - in particular our well developed Fees service.



1:1 regular management supervision.



Access to clinical supervision 1:1 and in peer groups.



Joint working and second opinions with our clinical specialists.



Regular opportunities for CPD



A car owner/driver and current driving licence is essential or full access to a car for work purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005).



Responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy Community Adult service alongside SLT colleagues



Independently manage a caseload of community patients with highly complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice



Prioritise and respond to referrals, allocating to less experienced colleagues and exercising professional judgement based on extended clinical experience



Provide a service as appropriate to hospitals, nursing, residential homes and patients own homes, using own car to travel between relevant locations for clinic visits, meetings etc.



Function as part of a multi-disciplinary team including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social services personnel, social care, and dietitians



Weekend working and home working may be required in order to provide a service model that meets future requirements



Why Work With Us



We are a small, friendly team of dynamic and enthusiastic therapists and support workers. We work as part of an integrated care organisation, the first in the UK, serving rural and urban communities in South Devon. The demography has a high elderly population We provide well led acute, community and specialist services, to people from the local area, and were one of the first to run therapist led FEES clinics in the UK Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and support for our clinicians





Independently manage a caseload of community patients with highly complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice



Responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy Community Adult service alongside SLT colleagues



Prioritise and respond to referrals, allocating to less experienced colleagues and exercising professional judgement based on extended clinical experience



Provide appropriate and timely information to all relevant members of the healthcare team regarding patients' speech and language therapy requirements and changes in progress



Identify patient priorities and choices and plan intervention to accurately incorporate these wishes



Explore the use of remote therapy and be able to flex into this form of therapy if service need dictates



Submit regular data about activity levels as required



Maintain close collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team through joint working and effective communication regarding treatment aims, progress and discharge planning (providing written reports and referrals as appropriate)



Provide appropriate and timely information to all relevant members of the healthcare team regarding patients' rehabilitative requirements and changes in progress and communicate complex condition-related information to clients, carers, families and members of the MDT in a way that is accessible and easily understood.