Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy., You will be a member of the neuro rehab team/early supported discharge stroke service and will be responsible for the assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised speech & language therapy intervention to patients living in the community.
You will be based in the community working a range of shifts patterns to meet the needs of our patients.
As a Bank worker you can work flexibly full or part time to fill a temporary vacancy or short term staffing shortages, however hours and placements cannot be guaranteed.
Our temporary roles will give you lots of variety in different environments and could be your "foot in the door" to the NHS., To be responsible for coordinating intervention for designated clients acting as their Case Manager whilst they are receiving input from service.
To contribute to service development and project leadership.
To undertake lone working in the community.
To work a variety of shift patterns which include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Management and provision of highly specialist Neurology Speech & Language Therapy , using models of best practice to assess the client's needs, and to provide therapy, advice and support for the patient.
Evaluation of clients' needs in order to give effective support at the right time, involving prioritisation of the caseload, according to recently reviewed literature and clinical effectiveness guidelines.
Management and provision of highly specialist SLT for specified clients, by assessing needs and then providing programmes and resources, which are reviewed and up-dated regularly.
Support for colleagues within and outside of Speech & Language Therapy, including the provision of student placements.
Support and engage in the development of the stroke early supported discharge service.

Working for our organisation
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development., To assess, develop and implement Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy treatment and evaluate outcomes.
To use highly specialist skills to formulate a diagnosis.
To provide highly specialised written and verbal advice to a range of professionals regarding the management and care of clients with severe/ complex communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.
To maintain highly specialist knowledge of current practice and literature, ensuring decisions are based on the best available evidence.
To adapt clinical practice to meet individual patients' circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained - including equipment loaned to clients.
To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions.
To contribute to clinical teams both uni-disciplinary and multidisciplinary by discussing own and others input around clients' needs ensuring a well-coordinated care plan.
To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
To demonstrate skills in motivating clients with severe communication needs and /or carers to engage in the therapeutic process and enabling them to contribute to the decision making process regarding their care plans.
To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.
To demonstrate the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client's communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
To negotiate with carers, clients and others around individual case management.
To demonstrate good negotiation skills with carers, clients and other professionals around complex case management.
To employ counselling skills with clients/ carers with highly complex needs and maintain sensitivity when imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of the clients' difficulties and implications of the same.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.
To demonstrate highly specialist skills in handling clients with disabilities.
CASELOAD MANAGEMENT
To manage and prioritise complex and specialist caseload and workload independently and use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgement/ decision making.
To use highly specialist knowledge to develop protocols and care packages in areas of expertise.
To liaise with relevant user groups as appropriate.
To monitor and evaluate own highly specialist service delivery.
To produce reports reflecting highly specialist knowledge for individual clients and client groups.
To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to service delivery, audit and development.
To provide highly specialist advice/ second opinions to speech and language therapists and other professionals in areas of expertise.
To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and Trust policies.
To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines.
To gather activity data accurately and regularly, ensuring the provision of such information promptly within trust guidelines.
To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
To develop care protocols for specific clinical groups in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and Team Leader to improve patient care.
To advise Team Leader of issues of service delivery including shortfall, service pressures and to use highly specialist knowledge to inform service/ policy developments as appropriate.
To maintain intense concentration in all aspects of patient management for prolonged periods.
LEADERSHIP
To develop skills in leadership within appropriate specialist area.
To take delegated lead on the development of team objectives or projects in liaison with peers.
PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
To be aware of and adhere to service and team plans and policies.
To contribute to interagency/multi disciplinary team building and policy development.
To participate in the development of local/national clinical guidelines informed by evidence for clinical specialism.
To be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable work patterns, deadlines and frequent interruptions.
To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by current evidence based practice.
To maintain and develop highly specialist clinical skills through attending relevant courses, meetings and special interest groups.
To comment on proposed service/policy developments as appropriate.
To provide mentoring, supervision, support and advice to more junior Speech and Language Therapists.
To provide mentoring, supervision, support and advice to Speech and Language Therapy Assistants.
To use highly specialist knowledge to provide training for Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals.
To provide high quality clinical placements for student Speech and Language Therapists.
To explain the role of Speech and Language Therapists to visitors, students and volunteers.
To undertake Clinical Governance/audit projects within the local service.
To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects.
To collect and provide research data as required.
To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate.
To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
To work independently accessing appraisal within an individual performance framework at predetermined intervals.
To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
To identify personal/professional development evidenced by Personal development plan/professional portfolio developed within an appraisal framework including objectives relating to clinical specialism.
To participate in individual performance review ensuring that the objectives set reflect the service and trust plans including objectives relating to clinical specialism.
To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain skills and knowledge required of a therapist working in the field of moderate learning difficulties and maintain up to date HCPC and RCSLT registration.
To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT professional and clinical and National and Local clinical guidelines.
To develop a working knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance and their the principles of Clinical Governance and their application to Professional practice.
To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seek advice and support to resolve.
To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor and identify own strengths and development needs.
To participate in the development of others problem solving/negotiation skills within peer review/support.
To keep up to date with new techniques and developments in areas of clinical specialism.
To have due regard for your own personal safety and that of patients/carers, in particular to have regard to moving and handling regulations and ensure the safe positioning of self and others.
HUMAN RESOURCES
To assist in the recruitment and selection of staff for the service and be responsible for the induction and orientation programmes as appropriate.
Assist in management of conflict and tensions that may arise within the team.
To participate in the Individual Performance and Development Review process and carry out reviews of junior staff in consultation with the Team Leader.
To participate in the Clinical Supervision programme as supervisor and supervisee.
To deputise for Team Leader and assume delegated responsibilities as appropriate.
To participate in student placements within the service and to maintain training as student fieldwork educator.
To provide education, advice and training as required to the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
Be responsible, in conjunction with the Team Leader, for implementing the appraisal process for development of staff.
Supervision of junior staff and students.
To provide advice, teaching and instruction to unqualified staff, relatives, carers and other professionals to promote the understanding of the aims of occupational therapy, rehabilitation and a constant approach to patient care.
Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Complete and maintain all documentation in a contemporaneous style, legibly, accurately and in a concise manner. This will include records of patient visits, profession specific paperwork, referral documentation, outcome measures and patient screening tools.
To maintain timely and accurate patient records, which include patient held records.
To record and report accurate and timely data in relation to all contacts with clients and other activities onto the computer system within 24 hours.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
To contribute to meetings about clinical governance and service development.
Undertake audits in line with Trust policy and clinical governance agenda.
Undertake or participate in research in order to improve service as required.
To participate in the delivery of the Rehabilitation and Enablement Team development plan.
FREEDOM TO ACT
Act on own initiative, taking prompt and effective action in emergency situations.
Able to work unsupervised and as part of a team
To work autonomously and undertake lone working in the community.
On April 1^st 2025, the Boards of Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust and Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust will come together to deliver services as a group, with a singular board operating across both organisations. Both trusts are high performing specialist community health and care providers working in the East of England. Both have a strong track record, with the highest ratings from the Care Quality Commission, best in class NHS staff survey outcomes, and a decade of experience in innovation and clinical development.
The group model provides health and care services to a population of 3.2 million in their homes and neighbourhoods. We provide care that supports people from the very beginning to the very end of their lives.
We will remain 2 separate employers until further notice and the specific role being advertised will be in employed by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Certificate of Sponsorship
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here. (Opens in a new tab)
UK Registration
For roles that require professional registration, applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new tab)
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