Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist

Location: Bradley

Are you a Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist with Learning Disabilies and Autism experience, looking for a new opportunity where you will be supported to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, join Bradley Complex Care in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

You will lead group therapeutic group sessions, helping people develop and improve their speech and communication. Building one-to-one rapport with service users, you will encourage engagement and empower recovery.

You will have experience in managing a designated caseload using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.

With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you’ll receive support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of training courses to support you reach your career goals

Your responsibilities will include:

Analyse the needs of each service, determining the level of provision required to meet the needs of the patients adequately and safely

Recruit to vacant posts/ create vacancies through submission of service level analysis.

- Assist in all tasks regarding recruitment of staff, as required

Maintain accurate and transparent waiting lists for SLT patients for services

Fill the void in the service where there is a recruitment gap, through provision of a quality SLT service to patients

Ensure the clinical supervision of the team is met in a timely, profession and person specific manner

Meet the ongoing needs of the speech and language therapists in the region, as they arise, such as training or pay requests, supervision or operational discussion, support for clinical or operational queries, support for

Attend governance to support SLT development and input regionally, as requested Managing your caseloads independently, with clinical supervision and support from more experienced clinicians

Demonstrating specialist knowledge in communication and swallowing disorders

Completing assessments of communication needs

Contributing to team meetings, attend ward rounds, and CPA meetings where you will feedback on service users’ progress

Where you will be working

Location:

Bradley Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN37 0AA

You will work at Bradley Complex Care, a  specialist service for men and women living with complex needs who may have a primary diagnosis of learning disability, mental health issue or personality disorder.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to support people with complex conditions, needs and risks who display behaviours of concern and pose challenges for services, including those with highly complex and severe challenging behaviour.

Bradley Complex Care is located in Bradley, Grimsby, and North East Lincolnshire. The location provides a more relaxed local environment than a busy inner-city setting to enable patients to engage in their therapeutic programme, thus increasing the pace of recovery and speeding up discharge. Bradley is just 90 minutes by car from York, Sheffield and Mansfield.

As a Speech and Language Therapist you will be:

Demonstrating specialist skills in dealing with complex cases, cultural and linguistic differences, and to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.

Undertaking audits and contributing to research in the provision of treatments.

Specialist knowledge in the areas of LD&A

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

HCPC registration

Experience of managing a caseload involving assessment and treatment of dysphagia

Experience of working with families

Evidence of continuing Professional Development

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

Annual base salary of £50,618

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.

Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals

Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate;
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