Speech and Language Therapist

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative service is seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to support adults in the community. This role involves providing specialist therapy to individuals with complex needs, conducting assessments, and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. You'll engage in clinical triage, manage your caseload, and receive ongoing professional development. Join a leading NHS Trust that values diversity and inclusion, offering a supportive environment for career growth and development. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care while advancing your skills in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in community settings is essential for this role.
• You must manage a Dysphagia caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical triage and assessments for patients with communication disorders.
• Communicate effectively with patients and their families.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Dysphagia management

Assessment skills

Education

Relevant post-graduate experience

UK professional registration

Tools

Videofluoroscopy

Electronic Patient Record system (Hive)

Job description

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Main area: Community Speech and Language Therapy: Adults

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 349-LCO-6977486C*

Site: Trafford Community Speech Therapy Services- Office Base Trafford General Hospital

Town: Greater Manchester

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 13/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist looking to join our innovative service supporting adults in the community? You will provide specialist speech and language therapy to people with a range of complex medical conditions/social needs and associated problems, completing visits in patients' homes and outpatient clinics. You will receive one-to-one clinical support, professional development, and regular supervision, giving you the opportunity to further develop your skills in a variety of clinical areas such as our weekly Videofluoroscopy clinic and dysphagia management.

You will be working alongside wider multi-disciplinary teams within community services, which is made up of Physiotherapy, Community Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and Social Workers. You will also work with colleagues from a variety of other agencies.

Please note: this is a full-time post.

Main duties of the job

You will engage in clinical triage of new referrals, using advanced clinical reasoning and interpretation skills to analyze complex clinical and non-clinical information to prioritize clinical urgency. You will complete assessments of swallowing and communication disorders as required, contributing to patient diagnoses and recommending the most appropriate SaLT interventions. You will communicate sensitively and effectively with patients and/or carers to promote understanding and ensure inclusion in decision-making wherever possible.

You will take responsibility for your own caseload in line with your experience and competence, ensuring you reflect and evaluate your own practice and participate in supervision with colleagues.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. This document also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Essential and desirable

• Appropriate relevant post-graduate experience working in a community setting
• Evidence of managing a Dysphagia caseload in the community
• Videofluoroscopy experience
• Evidence of recent study/research
• Understanding of eating and drinking with acknowledged risks

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Siobhan Vesey

Job title: Service Lead, Adult Speech and Language Therapy

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 0161 549 6753

Additional information:

Name: Louise Lees

Job title: Senior Practitioner, Speech and Language Therapist

Email address: [e-mail]