Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist (Buckinghamshire)

Job summary

There is an exciting opportunity for a committed Speech and Language Therapist to join the Community Learning Disability Health Team in Buckinghamshire due to maternity cover. The service is based across Buckinghamshire, with a base in Aylesbury, a base in High Wycombe and opportunities to work flexibly from home also.

The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team and will join the well-established Speech and Language Therapy service. This is a 9-month fixed-term post and ideally suited to a Newly Qualified SLT or a more experienced band 5 interested in Learning Disabilities

Main duties of the job

You will support Adults with Learning Disabilities who have communication differences through individualised assessment and intervention plans.

Service Users range from having a borderline Learning Disability, to having profound and multiple Learning Disabilities, in addition to comorbidities (such as Epilepsy, Dementia and acquired neurological conditions).

You will receive regular clinical supervision and support from the members of the Speech and Language Therapy team, peer supervision and will be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development. You will have the opportunity to work creatively and support with service development. The team is an integrated MDT and joint working is typical of the team's working style and ethos.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (HPFT) is committed to providing excellent health and social care with the vision to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. The Trust has an outstanding track record of service delivery and quality. It provides services to over one million residents and is rated as"Outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission.

Key goals for the Trust include being the provider of choice; delivering high quality integrated health services in collaboration with local people, to improve overall health and well-being. To deliver this the Trust is committed to employing the best workforce, recruiting individualswith the ability to provide care at the cutting edge of innovative practice.

We have excellent development and training programmes which rank us in the top 20% of Trusts in the UK and a strongly embedded learning culture to support and facilitate staff to develop their potential and progress in their careers.