Speech and Language Therapist (NHS AfC: Band 5) - Adult Neuro Rehab - Manchester University NHS[...]

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join their neuro-rehabilitation team. This role involves delivering high-quality, evidence-based SLT services for adults with acquired communication and swallowing problems. Join a supportive team that promotes professional development and fosters an inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Knowledge of dysphagia management and relevant assessments.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality SLT service to adults with communication/swallowing problems.
• Work within multidisciplinary team for integrated care.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Organisation/planning

Ability to motivate patients/build therapeutic rapport

Work independently, seeking support when appropriate

Insightful / reflective

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

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This is a great opportunity for a newly-qualified or current Band 5 SLT to join our wonderful neuro-rehab team! We are a friendly team with a strong supervision structure/culture, regular SLT and MDT CPD opportunities both within the team and the wider teams within Manchester Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high-quality, evidence-based SLT service to adults with acquired communication and/or swallowing problems.

To provide SLT role within MDT.

Working for our organisation

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

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 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 & staff experience, operational effectiveness & 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 & 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 & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it 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

Qualifications

• HCPC
• CEN/SIG involvement

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge re relevant assessments
• MDT roles - knowledge and experience
• Local / national policies i.e RCSLT, Code of conduct
• Dysphagia mgt
• Completion of dysphagia comps A/B
• Audit
• Outcome measures

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Organisation/planning
• Ability to motivate patients/build therapeutic rapport
• Work independently, seeking support when appropriate
• Insightful / reflective

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 Hannah Yates Job title Senior Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Viv Healy
Clinical Lead SLT
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