Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Community

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 in a permanent position, based in beautiful South Devon, with easy access to beautiful beaches and moors. The position is part-time, 30 hours/wk.

• 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).
• To be responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy Community Adult service alongside SLT colleagues
• To 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
• To 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.
• To 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

• 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

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Amanda Harris

Job title:

Head of Speech & Language Therapy Email address:  Telephone number: