Speech and Language Therapist Full Time NEW

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Speech and Language Therapy NHSGGC, for a temporary (6 month contract) maternity leave backfill Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist, to work within the award winning New Stobhill ACH .

This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills within outpatients seeing a wide variety of adult acquired disorders both in person and virtually and to develop skills within stroke rehab and care of the elderly in patient settings.

You will be working within a great team of SLTs, Healthcare Support Workers and Administrative staff who are motivated to achieve the best possible outcomes for all clients/carers. We welcome applicants who are keen to participate in delivering innovative assessment and therapy approaches within the above settings to join our forward thinking, supportive Speech and Language Therapy team.

The Role

The Community Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy service provides pre-referral activity triage, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice, guidance and support for parents and families of children with a wide range of speech, language and/or communication needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Phonological Disorders, Dysfluency, Additional Support Needs and Language Disorder. The service will be managed within the appropriate delegated general management structure in HSCPs, with overall responsibility lying with the Head of Children and Families Services who will also retain responsibility for SLT policy development. The provision of speech and language services to local Education Departments will be managed through Service Level Agreements that will be shaped and informed by the agreed NHS GGC SLT Service Specification and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

The service focus is to deliver a consistent service across all 6 service areas within NHS Greater Glasgow and

, Incorporating

• an SLT practice framework underpinned and supported by Care Aims and effective clinical supervision;
• Practice Development (through agreed Practice Development Networks);
• coherent and effective working with other services, particularly with Children and Family Team and with Partner services;
• improving access to the service via an agreed triage model, effective case allocation and case management, and discharge management supporting achievement of agreed waiting times;
• improving the service balance by shifting the balance of work towards more stage 1/pre -referral work, changes in workforce skill mix, and releasing more clinical time;
• Improving service performance through the agreed service specification and related key performance indicators.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Fixed Term, full-time.

Base location – Stobhill ACH

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

Direct clinical

• professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work including direct and indirect patient care within scope of practice.
• assesses capacity, gains valid consent and has the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent, taking full consideration of appropriate legislation i.e. Adults with Incapacity Act
• assesses and analyses clinical and non-clinical information, and provides a clinical diagnosis for individual patients based on knowledge and experience of a range of conditions within several specialist clinical areas
• provides specialist advice to inform clinical decision-making within the multidisciplinary team. Issues discussed may be contentious, e.g., decisions as to non-oral versus oral feeding.
• acts independently to plan, implement, evaluate, and deliver individual programmes of care to maximise the outcome of intervention, including decision-making regarding discharge from SLT caseload
• therapy packages e.g. therapy groups
• liaises with a senior SLT as required in management of a specialist ER caseload
• works collaboratively with other SLT/ team members on appropriate projects and

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

• Holds Speech & language therapy degree or equivalent leading to statutory Health Professions Council registration
• Requires to undertake CPD to validate Health and CareProfessions Council annual re-registration in order to practise in the NHS
• CPD portfolio contains evidence of relevant training to develop skills and knowledge, and keep up to date with new techniques to promote and maintain good practice through reading, attendance at courses, meetings and special interest groups
• has dysphagia training and experience relevant to the post

It is essential that you have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy with current HCPC registration and must be trained in the assessment and management of adult dysphagia. The successful candidate will be required to participate in our pioneering weekend working rota and have the opportunity to volunteer for our public holiday rota.

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact

Carol Nelson, Clinical Specialist,

Wendy Davies, Specialist SLT, wendy.davies2@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:

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