Speech and Language Therapist

NHS National Services Scotland; Dundee; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) for a fixed-term position in Dundee to lead a team in managing complex cases including dysphagia. The candidate must have HCPC registration and experience in acute care settings. Responsibilities include training staff and ensuring quality improvement within the service.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of dysphagia and communication difficulties.
• Experience in education and training of staff including SLT and AHPs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of SLTs providing acute care within Ninewells Hospital.
• Collaborate with wider SLT team for audit and service development.
• Provide clinical supervision and support for staff wellbeing.

Skills

Tracheostomy care

Instrumental dysphagia assessment

Complex communication assessment

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

29.6 Hours Fixed Term until 31^st August 2026

We are looking to recruit an SLT with advanced knowledge of the highly complex dysphagia and communication difficulties associated with an acute and critical care caseload. Experience of tracheostomy care, instrumental dysphagia assessment and complex communication assessment and management is required. Education and training staff and students, including SLT, other AHPs, nursing and medical is integral to the role.

This role includes team lead responsibility for the team of SLTs providing acute care within Ninewells Hospital. Collaborative working as part of the wider SLT team is expected with regard to audit, service development, quality improvement, innovation and strategic involvement. Peer support, clinical supervision, appraisal and professional development are embedded in our practice. We provide separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance with an emphasis on staff wellbeing. You must be HCPC registered.

The Adult Acquired SLT Service is a Tayside wide service and has regular local and regional meetings. Ninewells Hospital, Dundee is a busy teaching hospital with over 900 beds, serving the population of Tayside and North East Fife.

Dundee, known as the City of Discovery, has a fantastic riverside location featuring the V&A museum. It has great transport links to the rest of Tayside as well as St Andrews, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. It is with a 20 mile radius of award-winning beaches, hills and countryside

Informal enquiries to: Fiona MacAulay, Speech & Language Therapy Clinical Lead, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Telephone [phone].

Current NHS Tayside Employees - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.

Hours of work are: 29.6 per week.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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