Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The post is fulltime and will be split across our Community Learning Disability Team in Gloucester and our Learning Disability Intensive Support Service (LDISS).

You will be part of a small friendly multidisciplinary team comprising of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Psychiatrists.

• Providing a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to adults and children with learning disabilities.
• Providing highly specialist communication assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions to individuals who are referred to LDISS or Berkeley House.
• Providing specialist eating and drinking assessments and interventions to adults with learning disabilities referred to either service.
• Being a supervisor and mentor for Band 5/6 SLTs and students under the remit of the profession.
• Carrying out delegated tasks outlined within policy development.

We provide excellent appraisal, mentoring and clinical supervision, and you will benefit from working closely with highly experienced and approachable speech and language therapists.

Person-centred coordinated care is a fundamental value throughout services delivered by Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and we are keen for you to help us continue to deliver this.