If you’re looking for the next step in your career in healthcare, you’ve just discovered it.
At Upper Springland we provide long-term and permanent residential care and support for people with a range of
disabilities. We help people lead their lives to the full, providing for any needs they may have and to provide
meaningful and exciting community interaction within Perth and the surrounding areas.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a Speech & Language Therapist to work as part of Allied Health service within Upper
Springland. You will be required to provide an effective speech and language therapy service to enable and
support adults who have complex needs. You will support and enable them to have control, choice and equality in
daily life to the benefit of their health and wellbeing.
You will provide specialist advice, supervision and clinical support to more junior therapists, and care staff.
You will ideally have a degree/diploma in Speech & Language Therapy and be HCPC registered. You will have
clinical expertise which reflects evidence based practice in the specialist field of multiple and complex
needs.
The ability to manage and prioritise your own work load is essential as are well developed organisational and
communication skills.
You will have experience of good interdisciplinary working with a holistic outlook and delivering an effective
customer focused service. Dysphagia and Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) experience is
essential.
What you need to know:
This post is open to all experienced SLTs, however, due to its part time & flexible nature, it may suit someone
who is semi-retired, looking for a 2nd job or to work part time around other commitments. The working hours of
this role are flexible, the 15 hours can be worked over 2, 3 or 5 days - we will consider all requests.
Job
description - Speech and Language Therapist (UPS)
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
- Competitive salary - £15,798.42 pa (£20.20ph)
- 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service. (pro-rata)
- Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
- Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
- Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
- Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 24/7 employee assistance programme.
- Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
- We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.