Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Adults

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust in Herefordshire is seeking an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to support adult patients on the wards and in outpatient settings. The post offers progression toward a Specialist role with opportunities to lead training, audits and research.

The successful candidate will have a post-graduate dysphagia qualification and substantial experience with dysphagia management in acute inpatient and community settings, contributing to improved patient pathways and care across

Qualifications

• Post-graduate qualification in dysphagia with relevant experience.
• Experience working with adults with communication and swallowing disorders in acute inpatient and community/outpatient settings.
• Willing to lead and participate in training, audits and research.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in training of professionals, staff and carers.
• Contribute to clinical audit, research and project work.
• Work on adult inpatient wards and outpatient clinics as required.

Skills

Speech-Language Therapy

Education

Post-graduate dysphagia qualification

Job description

This role will involve working with adult clients on the wards at the County Hospital, on both Wye Stroke Unit and other inpatient areas. This role will also include working in an outpatient clinic settings, either at the County Hospital, Sarum House, or other location(s) as required.

There will be opportunities to lead & participate in training of other professionals, staff and carers, as well as in clinical audit & research, and other projects as required.

Avacancy has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist who is looking to progress to a Specialist role. We are looking for a clinician who has good experience of working with adults with disorders of communication & swallowing in both acute inpatient and community/outpatient settings.

The successful candidate will need to have a post-graduate qualification and experience in the management of dysphagia.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.