Speech & Language Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our SLT team at Newham University Hospital, working in Acute Medicine and Stroke Services. You will assess, manage and rehabilitate adults with communication and swallowing difficulties arising from varied neurological and medical conditions, across acute wards and stroke units.

Regular supervision, teaching and CPD are available.

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our growing, friendly and supportive SLT team at Newham University Hospital, working in Acute Medicine and Stroke Services.

The post holder will develop knowledge, skills and experience in the assessment, management and rehabilitation of adult inpatients with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties arising from varied neurological and medical conditions. This includes patients across all acute wards including stroke, Acute Admissions Unit, care of the elderly, respiratory, and surgery.

The successful applicant will receive regular 1:1 supervision, joint clinical sessions, in-house training, peer supervision and other CPD opportunities within one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.

This post provides a rare and exciting opportunity for a band 5 SLT to become a confident, highly- skilled independent practitioner working with swallowing and communication impairments in the acute setting.

The postholder will be supported to work through the RCSLT NQP and dysphagia competencies frameworks as required.

They will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with communication and swallowing impairments across acute inpatient and stroke wards with support.

They will represent SLT at multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds, and participate in delivery of teaching/training to other professionals.

There will be opportunities to attend and participate in videofluoroscopy clinics, and there may be scope for introduction to the critical care setting once basic competencies are achieved.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.