Speech and Language Therapist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting two full-time Speech and Language Therapists for Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby. You will join a supportive SLT team, providing services across acute and community settings, with access to dysphagia expertise and cross-site cover.

The role focuses on autonomous clinical practice, managing a defined caseload for adults with communication and swallowing disorders, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Autonomous practitioner with the ability to work independently in clinical settings.
• Desirable dysphagia training or supervision pathways provided by the team.
• Ability to work across acute and community-based caseloads as part of a SLT service.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard Speech and Language Therapy to inpatients and outpatients.
• Manage a defined caseload with evidence-based assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Discharge planning and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Support swallowing and communication disorders in adults, including post-acute dysphagia management.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Dysphagia training desirable

Team collaboration

Clinical reasoning

Job description

Are you looking to begin your career as a Speech and Language Therapist working with adults with acquired disorders in acute and community settings? Or to further develop your existing skills within this area? Are you looking to become part of an established, friendly, supportive and sociable team?, These post will give you the opportunity to work as part of our acute and community stroke team as well as provide input to more general caseloads with acute and community patients. We offer several specialist services including Rehabilitation Medicine, Head and Neck Oncology and Voice, with access to our SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services. The caseload will involve rehabilitation for both swallowing and communication. Post qualification in dysphagia is desirable, however, training and supervision towards the management and treatment and of dysphagia will be offered. The applicant will need to have access to transport and the ability to safely transport themselves and equipment around the required geographical area during the course of their working day., To provide a high standard of Speech and Language Therapy service undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To work as a member of the Speech and Language Therapy team to provide a comprehensive therapeutic service for inpatients and outpatients. To manage a defined caseload of patients using evidence-based/patient-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, including discharge planning and facilitation. To participate in providing a specialist service comprising assessment, management and treatment, to adults with disorders of communication. To participate in providing a specialist service comprising assessment, management and treatment, to adults with disorders of feeding and swallowing, when post-basic dysphagia level competencies have been reached. We also provide community services in North and North East Lincolnshire. We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care

to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; compassion, honesty, respect and teamwork. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

Well we have an exciting opportunity for two full-time band 5 posts at Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana Princes of Wales Hospital Grimsby, with the opportunity for some cross- site cover., The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.