Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Shrewsbury & Oswestry

The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Shropshire is seeking a specialist Speech and Language Therapist to provide a comprehensive service in Shrewsbury and Oswestry. Responsibilities include domiciliary visits and working with Integrated Care System teams. Candidates must have postgraduate dysphagia skills and a driving license. The role offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Regular clinical and management supervision

Professional meetings and CPD sessions

Qualifications

• Ability to drive and access to a vehicle for community visits.
• Experience in providing domiciliary services.
• Capability to work autonomously in various settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive service in a defined geographical area.
• Conduct domiciliary visits for patients in care homes and private homes.
• Collaborate with the local Integrated Care System teams.

Skills

Dysphagia skills

Driving capability

Communication therapy expertise

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Job overview

We have a wonderful opportunity to work as a specialist Speech and Language Therapist in beautiful Shropshire. The post is based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury and consists of two days in Shrewsbury and two days in the market town of Oswestry in the North West of the county.

The Shrewsbury days will include two days of domiciliary visits in and around the beautiful town of Shrewsbury. The remainder of the post is providing a two day domiciliary service to the Oswestry area.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive service to a defined geographical area in mid and North West Shropshire. They will work autonomously visiting patients in both care homes and patients’ own homes and providing input to the local Integrated Care System teams in and around Oswestry.

They will need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle as the area covered is extensive and rural. We do have departmental pool cars which can be booked for use on visits.

They will need to have dysphagia skills at a postgraduate level as dysphagia makes up a large proportion of the patients we see. They will also have an opportunity to provide a broad range of communication therapy.

Additionally, we have access to regular Video fluoroscopy clinics and a burgeoning FEES clinic that we are in the process of developing further. It may be possible to attend these clinics with patients referred from their own caseload to enhance learning and to aid support the patient’s management.

Working for your organisation

The community SLT team at SATH currently consists of nine Speech and Language Therapists and two Assistant practitioners.

We work across the whole of Shropshire to include four community hospitals and the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt orthopaedic hospital including their specialist spinal unit. We also provide a service into the Integrated Care System teams across the county.

We have clinical leads in the areas of Spinal injury, AAC, Dysfluency, Voice and dysphagia.

We are a hard working but friendly and supportive team working in an ever changing and fast paced environment. Given the nature of our caseloads, the range of disorders that we treat and the large geographical area that we cover, the post holder will need to be flexible and resilient, responding to the changing needs of the service on a daily basis.

We have regular clinical and management supervision, professional meetings and CPD sessions throughout the year.