Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Job Opportunity: Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist
We are seeking an experienced, creative, and motivated Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team at the Hellingly Centre and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based communication and dysphagia services.
About the Role
Research suggests that 60-80% of those in the criminal justice system may have speech, language, or communication needs. Your transferrable skills as a speech and language therapist will be valued in the forensic healthcare service. You will need the patience, resilience, and tenacity to build trusting relationships with service users whose adverse life experiences have brought them into contact with forensic mental health.
Key Responsibilities
- To prioritise, organise, and manage a highly complex referrals system on the basis of need and risk to recovery.
- To undertake comprehensive assessment of adults referred using investigative and analytic skills and to formulate individualized interventions based on advanced clinical reasoning and partnership working.
- To make differential diagnoses of complex swallowing and communication disorders and specialist clinical decisions independently.
- To provide highly specialist report and recommendations to colleagues within Forensic Health Care and the Police and Court Services if required.
- To inform and counsel service users, relatives, and carers and significant others present complex information clearly and comprehensively in order to reduce the impact of communication and/or swallowing difficulties in everyday life.
- To provide clinical training, supervision, and support to multi-disciplinary teams
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Key Skills / Abilities / Competencies
- Ability to interpret a range of communication strategies employed by adults who have complex communication and challenging needs/mental health needs.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening, and empathy.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Good presentation skills, both written and verbal.
About the Hellingly Centre
The Hellingly Centre supports people who need rehabilitation and treatment within a low - medium secure environment. You will work alongside a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, offering expert assessment, diagnosis, and care for adults with complex psychiatric needs following a trauma-informed care approach.
We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do.
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Working for Our Organisation
As part of our commitment to quality and professionalism, we ensure that all our new staff undertakes a thorough induction programme with us when they commence their new roles.
What You Can Expect
As a mental health trust, we place a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff and ensure our reward packages reflect the important work you do. You can expect to receive:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Access to a host of discount schemes (inc. gyms, shopping, restaurants, and cars)
- Superb NHS Pension
- Generous holiday entitlement (starts at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- And much more!
Informal discussions are most welcome.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Jac MacLean
Job Title: Principal Speech and Language Therapist FHS
Email Address: jac.maclean1@nhs.net
Telephone Number: 07769 681456
Available: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during office hours. Please leave a message as I may be unable to take calls due to clinical responsibilities.
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