BANK Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Adult Services
Job summary
BANK Adult Speech & Language Therapy Assistant
Band 4 - £33,262 - £36,027 Inclusive HCAS per annum pro rata
bank - adhoc hours
An opportunity has arisen to join our Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy (ASLT) team as a Bank Band 4 Adult Speech and Language Therapy Assistant in Bromley.
We are a supportive and friendly team who will work with adults with a range of communication and swallowing disorders including voice and dysfluency. We also have specialist SLT services such as an outpatient Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of swallowing (FEEs) service. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support provision of SLT services to adults within the Bromley Healthcare services with a range of conditions such as Dementia, Parkinson's Disease and Motor Neurone disease.
This post would suit a motivated person with prior experience in an SLT team or assistant role, or someone looking to develop skills working as an Adult SLT assistant. Driving is an essential requirement of this job. You will be provided with training appropriate for the role and we have a highly developed internal supervision structure.
Please see attached job descriptions and person specifications for further details. Possession of a valid UK driving licence and use of a car for work is essential.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities relating to this opportunity
About us
Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point. Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details and a full person specification relating to this job role
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Good Literacy Verbal Skills
- Current UK Drivers Licence
- GCSE A - C Maths or equivalent
- Basic Life support
- Manual handling training course
- Speech and Language Therapy Training
Experience
- Experience of working in an administration role
- Experience of working with Speech and Language Therapists
- Experience of working with adults with communication or swallowing difficulties
- Experience of working in a team environment.
- Past experience of working in the health care environment.
- Experience working within MDT triage or FEEs service
Specific Skills
- Able to work independently/without direct supervision
- To have a good standard of written and oral communication skills.
- Able to prepare accurate written information and correspondence
- To be able to communicate with adults who may have difficulties with understanding.
- Able to priortize own workload
- To have good communication and organisational skills.
- Able to travel around the community to support ASLT services and patients
- Experience working as and AHP assistant
- Service development experience
- Experience of MDT triage
Information Technology
- To have good skills with use Microsoft Office
- Good IT skills to input medical records, data on spreadsheets and to use on line ordering systems
- Able to keep electronic records in timely manner
- Experience of using EMIS
- Experience of using databases and spreadsheets
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Bromley Healthcare CIC
Address
Beckenham Beacon
Bromley borough
BR29JG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk/