Assistant Practitioner in Speech and Language Therapy

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; Hybride; GBP 26 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust seeks an Assistant Practitioner to join the Community Speech and Language Therapy Team, covering the east of the county. You will support adults with communication and swallowing disorders, delivering treatment programmes and managing your own caseload with senior therapist support.

The role spans community hospital wards, care homes, outpatient clinics and patients' homes, with some clinics held in person or via telehealth.

Qualifications

• Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications required.
• Ability to work independently within defined protocols.
• Good organisational skills and caseload management.

Responsabilités

• Assess and deliver treatment programmes for delegated patients with communication and swallowing disorders
• Hold responsibility for own caseload with supervision
• Assess delegated patients with simple physical/psychological presentations and set objectives
• Prioritise work under supervision and evaluate clinical progress
• Work across community hospitals, care homes, outpatient clinics and patients' homes, including telehealth
• Supervise and delegate tasks to therapy assistants and students
• Progress interventions within agreed protocols and discharge patients when appropriate
• Assess and order specialised equipment and demonstrate safe usage

Formation

GCSE grade 9 to 4 or equivalent in literacy and numeracy

Description du poste

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is recruiting an Assistant Practitioner for the Community Speech and Language Therapy Team, covering the east of the county. The post supports adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders, delivering treatment programmes and managing their own caseload with support from senior therapists. Work spans community hospital wards, care homes, outpatient clinics and patients' homes, with some clinics held in person or by telehealth. Successful applicants must move with the service to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in early 2028.

What the job involves

• Assess and deliver treatment programmes for delegated patients with communication and swallowing disorders
• Hold responsibility for own caseload with support from senior professional staff
• Assess delegated patients with simple physical and psychological presentations, agree needs and objectives with them, and deliver individual treatment
• Prioritise own work under supervision, with routine evaluation of clinical work
• Work across community hospitals, care homes, outpatient clinics and patients' homes, including clinics in person or by telehealth
• Work as part of the community therapy team to provide a high standard of service
• Supervise and delegate tasks day to day to therapy assistants and students
• Progress interventions within agreed protocols and discharge patients without referring back to professional staff
• Assess and order specialised equipment, then demonstrate and issue it safely

Qualifications

• GCSE grade 9 to 4 or equivalent in literacy and numeracy

Experience

• Previous work in a therapy care group or healthcare setting, such as community rehab or therapy teams
• Previous experience in a community or outpatient speech and language therapy setting

  Skills & knowledge

  • Ability to work independently to an agreed protocol, modifying programmes as appropriate
  • Organisational skills to manage and prioritise own caseload
  • Knowledge of therapy interventions gained through training or healthcare experience to foundation degree level
  • Knowledge of the assistant practitioner role and its boundaries
  • Basic understanding of patient conditions and how they affect therapy

  Other

  • Willingness to move with the service to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in early 2028