Job summary
About the Role:

The States of Guernsey are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our Adult Speech and Language Therapy team in Guernsey. This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist assessment, treatment and management for adults with speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties across acute, rehabilitation, continuing care, community and adult disability settings.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will manage a varied caseload, deliver evidence-based interventions, contribute to service development, and provide clinical leadership and support to junior colleagues and students. You will play a key role in promoting person-centred care, advocating for service users, and supporting high standards of clinical practice.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be supported to manage a clinical caseload and provide a specialist service to adults with speech, language, communication and/or swallowing difficulties in acute, rehabilitation, continuing care, and community settings (including Adult Disability) across the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

About us
The Island of Guernsey is in the English Channel in the Bay of St Malo, 50km off the north-west coast of France and 120km from the English coast.

Guernsey has a population of around 63,000 and in Alderney just under 2,000. Working in a relatively small Health and Social Care Service like ours means you can effectively work with colleagues across the services, health and social care professionals can collaborate not only with each other but also other agencies, the third sector and the community.

We offer an attractive relocation policy and competitive salaries with great career opportunities, modern facilities, excellent training, revalidation and registration support and a healthy work-life balance.

As a health or social care professional who chooses to join our team, you can look forward to working in an environment that gives you the time to care that you hoped for when choosing this career.

Job responsibilities

• To undertake the assessment of patients/service users with complex needs including individuals with unconfirmed diagnosis.
• To develop, implement and evaluate specialised programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
• To work autonomously, recognising changes in patients'/service users' presentation which require intervention, knowing when to escalate as appropriate.
• To guide, advise and direct other staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of specialised patient/service user care.
• To promote patient/service user involvement in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care, respecting their beliefs and dignity.
• To utilise data and information from a range of sources to identify patient/service user condition to guide decision making.
• Within field of expertise and policy, request specific clinical tests to establish a diagnosis.
• To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for patients/service users and their support networks.
• To ensure that professional standards are upheld by the staff members working within the postholders sphere of responsibility.
• To report all accidents and incidents as per policy and participate in risk management and Quality and Safety processes e.g. SWARM.
• To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients/service users and escalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate processes.
• To work collaboratively with Adult Disability Colleagues and provide dysphagia cover to the Adult Disability Service for periods of leave.

Qualifications
Essential

• Membership with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy with a Certificate to Practise
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Registration with or suitability for States of Guernsey Public Health Department as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Evidence of post graduate dysphagia training qualification or evidence of competencies reached during undergraduate degree training equivalent to Level 5.2 on the Speech and Language Therapist eating, drinking and swallowing competency framework, 2025

Desirable

• Membership with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy with a Certificate to Practise
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Registration with or suitability for States of Guernsey Public Health Department as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Evidence of post graduate dysphagia training qualification or evidence of competencies reached during undergraduate degree training equivalent to Level 5.2 on the Speech and Language Therapist eating, drinking and swallowing competency framework, 2025

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).