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Main area Adult Learning Disabilities Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months) Hours
37.5 hours per week (Part time hours also considered (minimum 22.5 Job ref 6-LDS-A Site St Mary's Hospital Town Leeds Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/:59 Interview date 08/07/2026
Job overview Are you a Speech and Language Therapist looking for an opportunity to widen your experience and develop your skills working with adults who have Learning Disabilities? We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Speech and Language Therapy team. We are a supportive, nurturing and innovative team who are excited to welcome new members to join us. We work as part of a Multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Team consisting of Community Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Physiotherapists, Support Workers and Psychiatrists.
Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust Learning Disability Services are pleased to have this exciting opportunity for a B6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the well-established team. Applicants will be versatile and innovative with experience or enthusiasm to work in speech and language therapy in a community learning disability setting. We welcome applications from current band 5 Speech and Language Therapists who wish to gain experience in a band 6 role as well as established band 6 clinicians.
Main duties of the job Our service offers assessment and intervention to adults with learning disabilities in Leeds who have a communication or swallowing difficulty which cannot be met within a mainstream service. You will join a network of Speech and Language Therapists who will support you to develop your clinical skills in dysphagia, communication, service improvements and working in a person centred way. They meet monthly for group clinical supervision, to share good practice and initiate service improvements.
There are also opportunities to develop your leadership skills and take an active role in service development including training, outcome measures and research.
You will be a valued member of our highly supportive multi-disciplinary, community learning disability service and AHP community. You will manage an identified caseload of clients with a range of clinical needs.
You will be supported to develop your skills through MDT meetings, the speech and language practice development meetings and the AHP forum.
Working for our organisation The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including employee wellbeing support, days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities If you are a Speech and Language Therapist who is interested in supporting people using a holistic care model and social model of care, in working closely within an MDT and liaising with multi agency services, in advocating for the physical health needs of this vulnerable client group, in being creative in developing bespoke programmes, in delivering informal and formal training to care providers this could be the post for you!
The service runs Monday to Friday 9 to 5. All team members have access to full remote technology (phones and laptops) to support smart ways of working. LD services are adaptive in safely and effectively meeting the needs of our service users and their carers.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills with an ability to form wide networks with both health and social care teams. You will be able to deliver compassionate, patient focused care with a strong reference to the clinical evidence base. The successful candidate will be eager to develop their knowledge in specific clinical areas to improve practice and to strengthen the team's response to need.
It would be essential for the applicant to have completed post graduate competencies in dysphagia and be able to practise independently with a dysphagia caseload. As this is a community post the applicant must be a car driver with access to a vehicle.
Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust has a strong commitment in continuing professional development, structured through clinical supervision, appraisal, and personal development planning.
You will carry out Speech and Language Therapy assessments and deliver communication and dysphagia interventions personalized to meet the needs of adults who are referred to the team along with the following:
- To work as a member of a multi disciplinary Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT), offering a comprehensive service to service users who require specialist health interventions.
- To participate in the ongoing development and maintenance of quality services, ensuring ongoing commitment to the care programme approach, managing complex care, and acting as a Care Co ordinator where appropriate.
- To support and guide junior staff members and participate in the education and supervision of a range of students.
- To maintain clear links with your Speech and Language Therapy structures and your AHP lead within the Trust.
- Support the Speech and Language Therapy development and modernisation and the adherence to your Speech and Language Therapy standards and codes of practice.
- To utilise your core Speech and Language Therapy skills to provide high quality Speech and Language Therapy interventions to people with a learning disability.
Person specification Qualifications
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registered.
Skills
- Enthusiasm for working with people with learning disabilities.
- Must be a driver.
Experience
- Experience of working with a multi disciplinary team.
Values
- Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
- Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
- Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Legal statements Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. The Trust reserves the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form.
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Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response . click apply for full job details
