Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust invites applications for a Band 3 Speech & Language Therapy Assistant to join the Colman Centre for Specialist Rehabilitation Services on a permanent 3-day (22.5 hour) basis. You will support Speech & Language Therapists with adults with complex swallowing and communication needs.

You will work within a friendly multidisciplinary team, may work alongside therapists or alone under direction, including community visits across Norfolk; a

Qualifications

• Must have driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to SLTs by carrying out individual programmes of care for adult patients.
• Work with therapists or alone under direction; lone working in the community across Norfolk (driving licence required).
• Assist in delivering speech & language therapy treatment for adults with complex swallowing and communication difficulties.
• Undertake clinical and non-clinical duties to support service delivery, including administrative tasks.
• Facilitate links within the multidisciplinary team and support patients in ward, outpatient clinics, and community settings.

Job description

We have an exciting permanent, 3 day (22.5hour) opportunity to join our Speech & Language Therapy team at the Colman Centre for Specialist Rehabilitation Services as a Band 3 Speech & Language Therapy Assistant. We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and creative Speech & Language Therapy Assistant to join our friendly team and advocate for our patients. You will be joining an experienced and supportive team striving to meet the swallowing and communication needs of both inpatients and outpatients with highly complex profiles.

• They will work as part of the multidisciplinary team providing support to Speech & Language Therapists by carrying out individual programmes of care for adult patients under the Colman Centre for Specialist Rehabilitation Services (CCSRS) in both in and outpatients.
• They will be expected to work both alongside therapists or alone but under the therapist's direction. This will involve lone working in the community across Norfolk (thus requiring a driving licence).
• To provide assistance in the delivery of speech & language therapy treatment for adults with complex communication and swallowing difficulties.
• To work under the supervision of SLT to undertake a variety of clinical and non-clinical duties to support delivery of the service. This will include administrative support for patient related activity and shared responsibility of indirect patient contact tasks.
• They will facilitate the links between all members of the multidisciplinary team., To assist the Speech and Language Therapists on a daily basis in supporting patients with complex swallowing and or communication difficulties under the direction/guidance of clinicians. This includes on the ward, in outpatient clinics and in the community.
  Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.