Job summary
Are you passionate and experienced in providing speech and language therapy? Would you like to be part of a team leading the way in community and mental health services? If so, we would love to hear from you today!
Introduction to the role:An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and be part of our dynamic Speech and Language therapy team at Berkshire Healthcare Trust (with hybrid working available).
Main duties of the job
This role expects you to be able to be responsible for utilising your clinical skills to provide high quality assessments and diagnoses of patients to devise comprehensive treatment plans covering a mixed caseload.
You must be able to act autonomously as well as operate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, whilst also providing guidance, training and support to junior staff, and the support system around patients.
All this must be accomplished at the same time as maintaining the objectives of the service and working within the parameters of the services operational model.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role you will be working as a Speech and Language Therapist both remotely and face-to-face across bases in Berkshire and surrounding areas. You will be expected to work as a part of a team and independently to deliver care to patients in care homes and patients homes to make assessments of dysphagia.
Working in Berkshire, you will be working with a Trust whose vision is to be recognised as the leading community and mental health service provider by our staff, patients and partners. Their values work towards staff making patient care their top priority through an environment committed to providing quality and safe services. They have a dedication to working together with staff, patients and community services to develop innovative solutions, ensuring they can commit to their values.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience
- NHS experience
- Enhanced DBS
Qualifications
Essential
- Current relevant professional registration (HCPC Registration)
- Relevant degree or post qualification
- Must be dysphasia trained
- Adult health trained
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Professionals Limited
Address
Erlegh House, University of Reading
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Reading
RG6 6BZ