Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Intensive Support Speech & Language Therapist
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Band 5-6 Development Post
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to join the Specialist Learning Disability Service based in West Hertfordshire.
About the Role
The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary specialist learning disability health team. The post will be based with the Intensive Support Team supporting service users with mental health needs in the community.
Key Responsibilities
- You will be forward thinking and able to demonstrate clinical knowledge in the area of adult learning disabilities and mental health based on current evidence.
- You will autonomously undertake specialist assessments and interventions with individuals with communication difficulties, behavioural needs, and mental health needs.
- The successful candidate will be an essential member of the MDT, working alongside Psychiatry, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Arts Therapies, Physiotherapy, and Social Care colleagues to support our service users achieve their goals.
Progression
The post holder will be able to progress from Band 5 to Band 6 once they demonstrate that they meet the competencies specified for Band 6 level.
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Key Duties
- To provide high-quality, comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention for a specified service user group.
- To manage a caseload using evidence-based, person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions in community settings.
- To provide this service to service users who present with communication difficulties and mental health needs.
- To undertake supervision of junior staff and students as required.
- To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
About Us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
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Our Trust Values
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families, and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
- Welcoming
- Kind
- Positive
- Respectful
- Professional
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like to work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Nancy Essery
- Job Title: Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
- Email Address: n.essery@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07795 882027
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