Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic post within the Forensic Division at Humber Teaching Foundation Trust. The post encompasses a role within the inpatient and community forensic setting.

We are looking for a highly skilled and committed Speech and Language Therapist. You will provide specialist speech, language, communication, swallowing and/or dysphagia assessments and evidence-based, clinically proven interventions to forensic service users with complex mental health problems.

You will provide clinical and operational leadership, supporting a small speech and language therapy team, including providing clinical and/or professional supervision and leadership to junior staff members, students and other professionals. The post provides professional oversight, and you will delegate clinical work to the associate practitioner and assistant/s. You will be a core member of the Forensic Therapy Service, within the Forensic Directorate’s division, which provides a coordinated and multi-professional programme of interventions and rehabilitation to meet the individual needs of service users. A component of your work will sit within the forensic community team where you will have an opportunity to work as part of the MDT, providing specialist community consultation, assessment and specialist intervention. 

Main duties of the job

·      You will ensure carers and family are involved in assessments and planning where appropriate and will be a key professional in social inclusion and fostering relationships and a sense of community for forensic service users.

You will be a senior member of the multi-disciplinary teams ensuring that high quality, individualised care is delivered which ensures safety, promotes recovery and maximises independence.

You will provide service-user specific and holistic speech and language therapy advice, training and consultation to professionals working with forensic patients in the inpatient and community setting.   

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Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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