Speech & Language Therapist

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Speech & Language Therapist to join their team in Scarborough. This entry-level role offers an opportunity to work with adults facing communication challenges in various clinical settings. The Trust emphasizes professional development through their Preceptorship Programme, providing support for newly registered practitioners as they transition into their career.

Benefits

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Newly qualified or experienced in Speech & Language Therapy.
• Experience with adults with communication and swallowing difficulties is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Working across acute wards, inpatient stroke rehabilitation, and community settings.
• Providing evidence-based therapies like expiratory muscle strength training.

Skills

Communication

Evidence-based practice

Teamwork

Clinical skills

Job description

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The Speech and Language Therapy team at Scarborough and Bridlington hospitals are looking for a newly qualified or experienced band 5 Speech & Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team.

Working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties, our work spans across acute wards, our inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit, and community settings. As a team, we have an established SLT-led Videofluoroscopy clinic and are in the process of setting up a brand new FEES service. We offer evidenced based therapies such as expiratory muscle strength training, so opportunities to shape your learning and clinical practice will also be available.

We are passionate about evidence-based, high quality care for our patients, and run a regular journal club to ensure we have devoted time for continuous professional development.

We are proud to offer our Multi-Professional Preceptorship Programme to all newly registered practitioners. This is a wonderful opportunity to welcome you into your new teams and our Trust, providing you with support and guidance as you develop in confidence and competence whilst transitioning from student to autonomous professional.

Preceptorship lasts 12 months and you will be assigned a preceptee who will coach, mentor and guide you through regular meetings, alongside a programme of structured learning.

In this varied role, you would be supported by a team manager, a professional lead, clinical leads, Band 6 Senior SLTs, and have access to peer support from Band 5 colleagues.

The successful candidate will be joining an SLT team working across all of the settings mentioned above.

There will be excellent training and development opportunities, scope to lead in areas of service development, as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system.

Please make contact if you would like to talk about working in our team, arrange a visit or if you need any other information about the post.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers
  
  

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tasmin Wade Job title: Clinical Lead/ Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07435779309

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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