Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (Stoke And Community)

Northern Care Alliance Nhs Foundation Trust; Stretford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

Protected health and wellbeing hours

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to join the stroke and community teams in Salford. You will work on hyperacute and rehabilitation wards delivering a communication and dysphagia service, supporting patients across the journey from hospital to home.

You will manage adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders post-stroke and develop patient-centred treatment plans with supervision, mentorship, and opportunities for service

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy or recognised equivalent.
• HCPC registration is essential.
• Post-basic qualification/specialist competencies in dysphagia (RCSLT Level C/Proficient Level) and relevant short courses.

Responsibilities

• Attend MDT meetings to coordinate patient care.
• Access to objective swallow assessments and training for FEES and videofluoroscopy clinics.
• Contribute to research and innovative treatment for patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
• Lead or participate in Quality Improvement projects and service development.
• Maintain CPD with supervision and mentorship.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Clinical supervision

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

HCPC registration

Dysphagia qualification

Tools

FEES

Videofluoroscopy

Job description

Job summary

We have a great opportunity for an individual who has a passion for Speech and Language Therapy to join our stroke and community teams team in Salford. You will be working on the hyperacute and rehabilitation wards, with a team of specialist SLTs delivering a communication and dysphagia service, as well as supporting our community service. This is a great opportunity for gaining experience working with patients across their journey from hospital to home.

This post will require you to have skills in managing adults with a range of acquired communication and swallowing difficulties post-stroke. You will help develop and deliver patient centred treatment plans to support patients to achieve the best recovery that they can. Alongside this, you will also work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and have opportunities to contribute service development and quality improvement programs.

You will be required to contribute to the weekend rota delivering supporting the acute stroke wards.

Communication skills are vital, as are organisational skills and a flexible approach to everyday practice. The successful candidate will have strong links with the wider Speech and Language Therapy service within Salford and have access to supervision, training, and mentorship.

Main duties of the job

• Attendance at MDT meetings.
• Access to objective swallow assessments and training to participate FEES and Videofluoroscopy clinics.
• Contribution to research and innovative treatment for patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
• Contribution to Quality Improvement projects and service development to ensure we deliver a high quality, safe, effective service for our patients.
• Dedicated time for CPD including leadership development
• Experience of managing patients who have had a stroke. Knowledge and skill in FEES and videofluoroscopy are also desirable but training can be given.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and progressive SLT service who are continuously striving towards best-practice care. We are passionate about providing high quality care for our patients. You will receive regular supervision and CPD opportunities, including training and mentorship.

You should have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with the HCPC.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy or recognised equivalent qualification
• Post-basic qualification/ specialist competencies in dysphagia (RCSLT Level C/Proficient Level)
• Evidence of successful completion of relevant short courses
• Clinical Educator training

Desirable

• Training / Experience of videofluoroscopy
• Training / Experience of FEES

Professional Registration

Essential

• HCPC registration

Desirable

• Member RCSLT

Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience of working with adults with acquired neurological conditions
• Post qualification experience of working with a neuro caseload
• Experience of assessing and managing complex communication disorders, including AAC
• Experience of assessing and managing complex swallowing disorders

Desirable

• Experience working in the NHS
• Ability to speak another language relevant to the population of Greater Manchester/ Experience working with interpreters
• Participation in research
• Membership of relevant CENs/RCSLT hubs
• Audit experience
• Leadership experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).