Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Part Time)

Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking for a rewarding parttime role where your advanced expertise truly makes a difference? Join Adderley Green as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, managing a meaningful and complex caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary team. In this parttime role, you will take full personal, professional and legal responsibility for your own highly specialist caseload, working independently while accessing supervision and support when required. You will carry out detailed communication and swallowing assessments using a range of formal and informal tools, including perceptual analysis and indepth language assessment, to support accurate clinical decisionmaking and contribute to differential diagnosis and prognosis. You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate explanations of complex communication, voice and swallowing needs. You will contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working, attending relevant clinical and management meetings within your agreed working pattern and providing highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy input to care planning. You will play a key role in managing swallowing programmes, including those involving PEG feeding, working collaboratively with nursing teams, kitchen staff and visiting dietitians to ensure safe swallowing practice and appropriate nutritional intake. You will also assess the need for communication aids and support residents and carers in their safe and effective use. The role includes leading communicationfocused therapeutic groups (scheduled within your parttime hours), training therapy assistants and carers, and supporting colleagues in delivering individual communication and swallowing programmes. You will work alongside Psychology colleagues on complex capacity issues and use strong motivational, negotiation and problemsolving skills to support positive outcomes. This role is also available as a full time role. Other responsibilities include: • Staff and ensuring professional standards, priorities and policies are upheld • Contributing to service development To be successful, you will need: • HCPC registration • Experience managing a dysphagia caseload • Experience working with families • Evidence of continuing professional development What You’ll Get As part of Elysium Healthcare, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth and future — all available to parttime colleagues on a prorata basis: • Competitive prorata salary based on a fulltime equivalent of £50,000 • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) prorata, plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional leave • Career development and training opportunities • Access to ElyVate rewards and wellbeing platform • Wellbeing support and activities • Blue Light Card access • Life Assurance • Stream: instant access to earned wages and savings tools • 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion • Enhanced Maternity Package • Pension contribution About Elysium Healthcare Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.  Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.  Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure. Job description Job responsibilities Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking for a rewarding parttime role where your advanced expertise truly makes a difference? Join Adderley Green as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, managing a meaningful and complex caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary team. In this parttime role, you will take full personal, professional and legal responsibility for your own highly specialist caseload, working independently while accessing supervision and support when required. You will carry out detailed communication and swallowing assessments using a range of formal and informal tools, including perceptual analysis and indepth language assessment, to support accurate clinical decisionmaking and contribute to differential diagnosis and prognosis. You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate explanations of complex communication, voice and swallowing needs. You will contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working, attending relevant clinical and management meetings within your agreed working pattern and providing highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy input to care planning. You will play a key role in managing swallowing programmes, including those involving PEG feeding, working collaboratively with nursing teams, kitchen staff and visiting dietitians to ensure safe swallowing practice and appropriate nutritional intake. You will also assess the need for communication aids and support residents and carers in their safe and effective use. The role includes leading communicationfocused therapeutic groups (scheduled within your parttime hours), training therapy assistants and carers, and supporting colleagues in delivering individual communication and swallowing programmes. You will work alongside Psychology colleagues on complex capacity issues and use strong motivational, negotiation and problemsolving skills to support positive outcomes. This role is also available as a full time role. Other responsibilities include: • Staff and ensuring professional standards, priorities and policies are upheld • Contributing to service development To be successful, you will need: • HCPC registration • Experience managing a dysphagia caseload • Experience working with families • Evidence of continuing professional development What You’ll Get As part of Elysium Healthcare, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth and future — all available to parttime colleagues on a prorata basis: • Competitive prorata salary based on a fulltime equivalent of £50,000 • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) prorata, plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional leave • Career development and training opportunities • Access to ElyVate rewards and wellbeing platform • Wellbeing support and activities • Blue Light Card access • Life Assurance • Stream: instant access to earned wages and savings tools • 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion • Enhanced Maternity Package • Pension contribution About Elysium Healthcare Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.  Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.  Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.