If you are looking for a new role, are passionate about working with people living with dementia and/or mental health difficulties, and would like to be part of a dynamic and friendly speech and language therapy team then do not hesitate to apply!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our small SLT older adult mental health inpatient team.

The post is based across four hospital sites across beautiful South East Wales, which provides specialist Speech and Language Therapy service within four older adult mental health assessment wards. You will be working with older adults presenting with both communication and/or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties due to dementia or functional mental health difficulties. We have a strong focus on working with families, ward staff and care partners in achieving the most beneficial outcomes for our patients. We work closely within the multi-disciplinary team including Psychiatry, Medicine, Nursing, and other AHPs.

This role would provide exciting opportunities to contribute to the development of our SLT services for this patient population including enhancing and delivering our targeted offer for both communication and eating, drinking and swallowing provision.

You will be part of an innovative and motivated team where high focus is placed on ongoing continued professional development and creative thinking in our effort to ensure high quality care is at the heart of our service.

Main duties of the job

• Providing specialist clinical advice around maximising and supporting our patients' speech, language and communication strengths in order to facilitate positive and meaningful participation within ward life and beyond.
• To contribute to providing dementia-friendly mealtime experiences ensuring eating, drinking and swallowing needs are efficiently identified and appropriately managed through supportive strategies and environments.
• In order to achieve this, you will:
  • Offer specialist speech, language and communication assessments where appropriate
  • Support others including families to implement communication care plans to enable our patients to access ward activities including recovery programmes and interventions, engage in social opportunities, and exercise autonomy through decision -making.
  • Contribute to the design and delivery of projects working towards improving communication environments through embedding good communication strategies and standards.
  • Contributing to design and delivery of group-based communication interventions to increase opportunities for socialising and relationship building during admission.
  • Be actively involved in holistic MDT discussions and care planning relating to differential diagnosis, treatment planning as well as issues of safeguarding, capacity and decision making, and complex behavioural issues where communication needs are unmet....

See attached job description for more information.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathwaysincluding a range of management development programmes. We offer flexibleworking and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Speech and Language Therapy Degree
• Registered with HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Experience of performing and analysing highly complex assessments
• Significant post graduate experience in speciality services.

Desirable

• Experience of working with people with learning disabilities

Skills

Essential

• Excellent and sensitive interpersonal skills including observation, listening, counselling and empathy skills with people with disordered communication skills.
• Able to analyse complex assessment information for complex cases and make specialist clinical decisions

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of national policies in Health and Social Care

Employer details

Employer name

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Address

Ysbyty'r Tri Chwm

College Road

Ebbw Vale

NP23 6GT

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

040-AHP249-0924