Patient Environment Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established health care organization is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on providing high-quality stroke services across various settings, including acute and community care. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in dysphagia and communication disorders, along with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Join a forward-thinking team committed to innovation and service improvement, where your contributions will make a significant impact on patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Qualified and HCPC registered SLT with experience in stroke care.
• Strong knowledge of communication and swallowing difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist Speech and Language Therapy Services for stroke patients.
• Lead projects for the SLT service and promote understanding of clinical disorders.

Skills

Dysphagia assessment

Communication disorders management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

HCPC registered SLT

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Client:

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Job Category:

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

2130aeb9e14d

Job Views:

3

Posted:

10.05.2025

Expiry Date:

24.06.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a band 6 specialist SLT rotating across the stroke pathway. It is ideal for an experienced band 5 or an existing band 6 speech and language therapist looking to clinically focus in stroke.

The job focus will be to work as part of the SLT team and wider MDT providing responsive and high quality stroke services across acute, rehabilitation and community settings. ELHT as an organisation and the Therapies directorate are committed to an integrated stroke pathway, which includes a hyper acute stroke unit, an in-patient rehabilitation unit, and a community service spanning both early intervention and routine care.

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Innovation and service improvement are core to our ethos and the Trust is a consistent high achiever in SSNAP audits, with a strong partnership with The Stroke Association.

You will be a qualified and HCPC registered SLT with good knowledge and competence in up to date assessment and treatment procedures for the stroke population (dysphagia and communication).

Main duties of the job

The key duties are:

To work as part of the staff team delivering specialist Speech and Language Therapy Services to the SLT Stroke pathway (community/acute):

• Adults with acquired disorders of communication and swallowing, predominantly in community and hospital settings.
• To lead relevant projects for the SLT service.
• To promote an understanding of clinical disorders and speech and language therapy services.
• To undertake instrumental and objective dysphagia assessment to level of competence and within the existing VFL and FEES workforce structure.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required together with good organizational and time management skills. Flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service is essential – duties may be at Royal Blackburn Hospital, Pendle Community Hospital and across the community. You will be able to work under pressure and be self directed, recognising your own limits.

You will be a car driver/owner or be able to travel between community visits in a timely manner.

You will be part of the seven day/bank holiday rota.

Working for our organisation

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

The SLT service has an experienced team of clinical leads - Critical Care, Dysphagia, Voice, Head & Neck, Stroke, FEES, Videofluoroscopy, Neurorehabilitation and Community (including progressive disease).

Actively involved in a range of service and workforce initiatives across the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS and research including collaborations with ELHT & UCLan’s AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke.

The service is well equipped and is supported by a team of administrators, SLT Assistants and Therapy Assistant Practitioners. Regular team meetings, an annual SLT Showcase of best practice, SLT, Stroke and Neuro Improvement Event and continual improvement is embedded in our daily work and service improvement initiatives. We are committed to continuing professional development and this is underpinned by supervision, regular line management and an annual appraisal system

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached documents for details in full and main duties previously outlined.

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Person specification

Experience

• Experience treating a variety of patients relevant to the post including independent dysphagia competencies
• Organising and managing everyday clinic routines

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of a range of communication and swallowing difficulties and their management relevant to the post.
• Knowledge of a range of Alternative and Augumentative systems of communication.
• Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group.
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
• Awareness of principles of clinical governance/audit.
• Awareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
• Awareness of confidentiality as relating to the NHS
• Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

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Created on 10/05/2025 by TN United Kingdom