Senior/ Specialist Speech & Language Therapist FTCinSheffieldinSheffieldPUBLISHED WED 11 DEC 2024

This is an exciting opportunity to join STEPS Rehabilitation, a specialist rehabilitation centre in Sheffield on an FTC starting Jan-Feb 2025.

You will need to share the STEPS values and philosophies which are integral to our reputation. You will work closely with the other members of the IDT. You will have the opportunity to continue to use your skills and knowledge to provide high quality therapy as well as to support and empower the SLT team.

You will work with clients who have suffered life changing illnesses and injuries, including stroke, TBI, traumatic amputation and SCI, as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team supporting clients to live as independently as possible. You will be working closely with the clients, their family and the rest of the team at STEPS as part of the Interdisciplinary team.

Benefits

While you are supporting our clients through their journey, STEPS will support you with a fantastic benefits package:

Discounted travel pass scheme

Company sick pay scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement of 33 days holiday (pro rata)

Life assurance scheme (4 times your annual salary)

Private medical cover

Critical Illness Cover (3 times your annual salary)

Income protection scheme (75% in the case of illness or incapacity for up to five years)

Paid time to complete mandatory training

Free specialist internal training

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted Gym Memberships

Blue light card

Vivup benefits platform

1% employee pension contribution with 7% employer contribution

The post holder will be required to deliver effective, comprehensive, high standard assessments and interventions for clients with a range of swallowing and communication impairments secondary to acquired and progressive neurological conditions, including those who have experienced poly trauma.

The post holder will support the Lead Speech and Language therapist in the development of the SLT service, including audit and training of the wider inter-disciplinary team.

To provide high quality holistic speech and language therapy to our Clients throughout their journey; aligned with STEPS values and behaviours and working as a key member of the inter-disciplinary team.

About us

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision.

To provide specialist speech, language and swallowing assessments and neurorehabilitation to people as day clients as required.

To deliver specialist SLT assessment and intervention to clients within specialist clinical areas

To work as a member of the speech and language therapy team, contributing to the planning, development and delivery of an effective and efficient service.

To provide specialist assessment of communication impairments secondary to acquired and progressive neurological conditions including polytrauma using informal and formal assessment measures to contribute to a differential diagnosis.

To provide specialist assessment of complex swallowing impairments secondary to a range of pathologies.

To devise and implement individual rehabilitation plans for our clients with complex acquired communication and swallowing disorders ensuring the interventions are of the highest standard using evidence based practice.

To assess the need for alternative communications aids and liaise with Communication Aids Centres/appropriate companies for assistance where necessary, to ensure the competent use of any aids by clients and carers.

To involve clients and carers in the development and delivery of goals within the rehabilitation plan.

To undertake the client key worker role within STEPS Rehabilitation

To work closely with other members of the IDT to optimise clients outcome

To have a responsibility for developing SLT programmes and services for clients within STEPS, under the guidance of the Lead Speech and Language Therapist.

To provide advice to clients, their families and relevant staff on the management of dysphagia.

To refer clients where appropriate to outside agencies on discharge and write discharge reports to ensure continuity of care

To be responsible for organizing own caseload to meet service and client priorities regularly balancing client related, professional and organizational demands.

To undertake duties and responsibilities as defined in the work plan

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk within own client caseload.

To be compliant with the clinical governance requirements operating within STEPS procedures

To carry out clinical audits as and when directed

To initiate, contribute and lead on specific projects related to service delivery e.g. quality programmes, education and training and contributing to the setting and monitoring of practice standards

To act upon and escalate issues as required following STEPS guidance and operating procedures

To take part in developing and formalising SLT systems and processes in conjunction with the wider interdisciplinary team

To ensure accurate recording and monitoring of relevant outcome measures

To contribute to the weekend working rota

This description is an outline which reflects the present requirements of the post and is not intended to be exhaustive list of duties.