Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in the UK is looking for an experienced speech and language therapist to provide clinical leadership for adults with dysfluency. The position involves holding clinics in Canterbury and Maidstone, addressing communication and swallowing disorders. The organization promotes flexibility and diversity in the workplace and offers strong support for professional development.

Benefits

Excellent clinical supervision

Regular in-service training

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist.
• Background in dysfluency and neurological disorders.
• Ability to provide clinical expertise for adults.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise for adults with dysfluency.
• Hold clinics in Canterbury and Maidstone.
• Manage a neurological caseload within Ashford South Kent.

Skills

Experience in dysfluency

Neurological disorders communication

Clinical leadership

Job description

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic speech and language therapist with a passion for working with adults with dysfluency? Do you have a background in both dysfluency and neurological disorders of communication and swallowing?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist to join our friendly team of SLTs across east and west Kent.

As a Highly Specialist SLT You Will

• Provide clinical expertise and leadership for the service to adults with dysfluency across the service
• Hold dysfluency clinics in Canterbury and Maidstone
• Also hold a general adult community neurological caseload within the Ashford South Kent locality
• Really make a difference to people’s communication, eating and drinking and their lives

We will support you in the role and provide regular management and clinical supervision.

We are a CQC rated OUTSTANDING Trust and team.

The Kent Community Health Adult Speech & Language Therapy service is friendly and welcoming. We are committed to continually developing our staff and services.

Our service consists of about 25 therapists and assistant practitioners. We really value our staff and they in turn value the support and opportunities that we provide.

We offer excellent clinical supervision (individual and group) and hold regular in-service training days.

For more information about this role, please contact Liz Gould, Joint Clinical Operational Manager of Adult SLT at [e-mail] to ask any questions or arrange a telephone chat.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Liz Gould Job title: Joint Clinical Operational Manager, ASLT Email address: [e-mail]