Senior Speech and Language Therapist – Part Time

Job title:

Senior Speech and Language Therapist – Part Time

Company

Active Care Group

Job description

Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people – no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.We are excited to offer a compassionate, dedicated Senior Speech and Language Therapist the opportunity to join our team at The Laurels on a part time, permanent basis.Located just two miles from Lincoln’s city centre, The Laurels neurological rehabilitation service provides accommodation for 12 adult residents. The facility is fully adapted for wheelchair access and boasts en-suite bathrooms, a therapy room, training kitchen, and a community garden.At The Laurels, we specialise in supporting patients with acquired brain injury, traumatic brain injury, severe neurological conditions, complex stroke, and spinal cord injury.Our interdisciplinary team is composed of skilled professionals, including a Rehabilitation Consultant, Neuropsychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, work together to develop person-centred, evidence-based rehabilitation care plans that aim to maximise independence and recovery.We deliver high-quality and intensive neurological rehabilitation. Our comprehensive approach includes physical, cognitive, functional, and vocational assessments, along with behavioural management and complex disability assessments for adults.If you are a qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking for an opportunity to make a positive difference to someone’s life, apply now!Are you thinking about applying but have some questions? Pop in and have a chat with us. We are happy to welcome visitors any time during normal working hours and we would love the opportunity to meet you, answer any questions, and tell you about what we do! You can find us at The Laurels, Sheridan Close, Lincoln, LN2 4JX.What you’ll be working:This role is 7.5 hours per week with days and times to be agreed.What you’ll be doing:In this role you will deliver a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service, managing and prioritising a caseload of patients with highly complex speech, language and communication impairments and swallowing difficulties. Using evidence-based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, that complement working in a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation unit.The post-holder will:

• Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights
• Manage a small caseload, providing goal-focused, intensive MDT therapy in a person-centred, meaningful way

• Further develop your skills and knowledge working with clients who have complex cognitive-communication, language and speech disorders following brain injury, both 1:1 and in small therapy groups
• Be supported to develop your specialist clinical skills across the spectrum of brain injury presentations. This might include working with patients who have prolonged disorders of consciousness, or require a tracheostomy, AAC or supporting clients to return to work or study
• Continually develop your own clinical and leadership skills through a wide range of supervision, learning and teaching opportunities, both internally and externally
• Receive excellent clinical support and supervision with frequent opportunities for joint working within the Interdisciplinary Team

What you’ll have:

• HCPC registration
• Previous experience working within neurorehabilitation
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Expected salary

Location

Lincoln

Job date

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 07:55:23 GMT

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