Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Acute Ward

Candino CA; Colchester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare organization is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join their Integrated Therapies Team. This role involves assessing and managing patients with communication and swallowing difficulties, providing clinical supervision to junior staff, and contributing to the education of students. The position is fixed-term until March 2025, offering a supportive environment with numerous training opportunities and a commitment to staff wellbeing. With a generous annual leave policy and a range of NHS discounts, this is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about patient care and professional development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing patients with impaired communication and swallowing.
• Ability to supervise junior staff and educate students.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients who are acutely unwell.
• Provide clinical supervision and education for junior staff.

Skills

Assessment of communication and swallowing

Clinical supervision

Instrumental diagnostics

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Clinical education experience

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our Integrated Therapies Team on our acute wards based at Colchester Hospital.

This is a fixed term/secondment post until 31/03/2025.

You will be responsible for the assessment & management of patients who are acutely unwell and have impaired communication and swallowing, as well as those that require specialist assessment that includes the instrumental diagnostics of video-fluoroscopy examinations.

You will have the responsibility of the clinical supervision of junior staff and be a clinical educator for students.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.