SLT Development Role: Dysphagia, LSVT & Community Care

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust’s Speech and Language Therapy Team is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to work in the community, based in the Cambridge/Huntingdon area with travel around the county to meet service needs.

You will assess and treat patients with dysphagia and communication impairment, and may deliver LSVT or some voice work, in outpatient, domiciliary and ward settings.

Qualifications

• Qualified SLT with ability to work independently with dysphagia patients.
• Postgraduate theory dysphagia course or willingness to complete competencies.
• Band 5 working towards dysphagia competencies within the team.

Responsibilities

• Provide SLT input to patients in outpatient and domiciliary settings.
• Support community hospital wards and Parkinson's pathway redesign activities.
• Deliver voice work where appropriate, including LSVT to suitable patients.
• Work with patients with communication impairments and dysphagia.

Skills

Speech and Language Therapy

Dysphagia management

Communication impairment

LSVT

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust’s Speech and Language Therapy Team is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to work in the community, based in the Cambridge/Huntingdon area with travel around the county to meet service needs.

You will assess and treat patients with dysphagia and communication impairment, and may deliver LSVT or some voice work, in outpatient, domiciliary and ward settings.