B6 Speech & Language Therapist

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 38.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to assess and manage adults with communication and dysphagia needs across acute and community settings. The role involves working autonomously with support from senior colleagues and providing supervision to B5 SLTs and assistants.

The post offers opportunities to rotate through community, acute hospital, stroke, ESD and voice/ENT services, with travel to home visits and clinics.

Formación

• Assess and manage adults with communication difficulties and dysphagia across acute and community settings.
• Lead and work autonomously with support from senior colleagues as required.
• Provide supervision to B5 SLTs and assistants and contribute to professional duties.

Responsabilidades

• Manage an autonomous clinical caseload with regular supervision as needed.
• Support and supervise B5 SLTs, assistants and students in clinical practice.
• Contribute to videofluoroscopy clinics and FEES service when qualified.
• Participate in service quality improvement projects and clinical governance.
• Travel to home visits and work across hospital and community settings.

Descripción del empleo

To provide a high standard of speech and language therapy assessment and management of adults with comunication difficulties and dysphagia in a variety of settings across acute and community teams; autonomously manage a clinical caseload with support from senior colleagues as required; provide support and clinical supervision to B5 SLTs and assistants and other students as required; participation in service quality improvement projects; undertake professional dutues as a qualified speech and language therapist seeking advice from senior colleagues where appropriate. You will demonstrate a high level of clinical skills and leadership behaviours.

This role is suited to an experienced speech and language therapist who is competent in the assessment and management of adults with communication and dysphagia in a range of specialties within both hospital and community settings. Consideration may also be given to candidates as band 5 to 6 development post.

Current rotations offer opportunities to work within a wide array of specialties including, community, acute hospital, acute stroke, ESD and voice/ENT. The first rotation would be within the community team - a friendly dynamic team who offer both one to one and group settings both in clinic and in a person's own home. Ability to travel to home visits and various clinical settings is essential as is the ability to work autonomously with regular clinical support and supervision. . You will be a strong team player who is able to provide high quality speech and language therapy assessments and interventions across a wide variety of clinical needs.

There will also be an opportunity to contribute to our videofluoroscopy clinics and FEES service for suitably qualified candidates.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.