speech and language therapist

Choose a new a role that has the opportunities you need to grow.

At Cygnet Health Care you’ll be exposed to the realities of healthcare delivery at the highest level, ensuring you continue to learn and build new skills as you develop. Our reputation for quality and innovation makes us an excellent choice at this key time, and means you’ll be able to build your experience whilst making a real difference to service user outcomes.

Advance your career with us in the ideal atmosphere to help you grow.

Cygnet Cedars is a 24-bed high dependency complex care service for men and Cygnet Elms is a 10-bed high dependency complex care service for women. Both services support individuals with a learning disability and associated complex needs and who may have behaviours that challenge. We want the individuals in our care to make their own choices and live as independently as they are able to. To achieve this, our in-house MDT supports them with our myPath learning disability model, which offers a psychology, speech and language and occupational therapy led approach alongside psychiatry and nursing. Both services are inpatient services.

More information is available at:

https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/locations/cygnet-cedars/
https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/locations/cygnet-elms/

To find out more about Cygnet SLT please visit: https://join.cygnetjobs.co.uk/speech-language-therapy/

Job Role

We are looking for a Newly Qualified SLT to work 40 hours per week with an exciting caseload to assess their speech language and communication needs (SLCN) in all environments. Working with individuals you will maximise their potential and to enable them to enjoy the best possible quality of life via the delivery of an evidence-based SLT service that promotes effective functional communication, social skills development, collaborative working and an appropriate total communication environment. You will be working directly with patients to assess their communication needs and provide input into their therapeutic programmes that formulate part of their wider care pathway from admission to discharge. You will be supported by the MDT and an onsite Clinical Lead SLT to implement the approved pathway. You will receive supervision and line management onsite and have access to a SLT peer network. You will be part of a companywide SLT service and contribute to the service development initiatives.

We're looking for people who have:

• A degree / postgraduate diploma (or equivalent) in Speech and Language Therapy
• Current or upcoming registration with HCPC (Health Care Professions Council)
• Membership of the RCSLT (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists).
• This role is suitable for a newly qualified or soon to be qualified SLT.
• Placement experience in the field of neurological and/or neurodegenerative conditions.
• An understanding of SLT theory and interventions with a ‘hands on’ approach
• Willingness to learn.

In return we’ll offer you:

• Monthly Clinical Supervision
• Monthly NQP Competencies Support
• Peer Support, CPD and developmental opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Staff Benefits including NHS Discounts, Blue Light Card, Life insurance, Free Health Cash Plan, Pension, Gym membership, 24/7 GP, free meals and onsite parking, long service awards, mortgage advice, referral bonuses.
• Full induction training is given

The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.

Please note vacancy may close prior to this date if a large number of applications are received

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