Speech & Language Therapist

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Speech & Language Therapist has arisen at York Hospital. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to providing high-quality care, with opportunities for training, development, and integration into multi-disciplinary teams.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Qualifications

• Recently qualified Speech & Language Therapist.
• Experience working with adults with acquired swallowing and communication difficulties.
• Commitment to integrated working and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Work across a range of settings within the surgical team.
• Provide evidenced-based therapies and lead in areas of service development.
• Support in an established SLT led Videofluoroscopy clinic.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Health-related degree (Speech & Language Therapy)

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a recently qualified Speech & Language Therapist to join our friendly team in York Hospital.

Do you want to join a forward thinking SLT team working across a range of settings within the surgical team, working with adults with acquired swallowing and communication difficulties?

We are passionate about evidence-based, high quality care for our patients, and if you are too, we could offer a supportive and exciting role for a new or experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist.

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.

This role is part of a rotation where there is an opportunity to gain experience within the medical Speech & Language Therapy team (including Stroke and Dysphagia)

The successful candidate will be joining an SLT team with a strong commitment to integrated working and quality improvement. 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.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist staff and integrate into a variety of multi-disciplinary teams .This may include inpatients, voice/ENT and Head & Neck Cancer, as well as out patient opportunities as your skills develop.

As a team we have an established SLT led Videofluoroscopy clinic and offer evidenced based therapies, such as expiratory muscle strength training, so opportunities to shape your learning and clinical practice will also be available.

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 generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• 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 from a range 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: Helena Perry Job title: AHP Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07554115457