Speech and Language Therapist
Solent NHS Trust
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Job summary
Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership skills and intradisciplinary models of working within our inpatient services?
Southampton inpatient services within Solent NHS Trust are undergoing an extensive transformation, bringing all inpatient rehabilitation onto one site (Western Community Hospital) with the aim of becoming a centre of excellence. This post will provide short-term opportunity to lead on service developments and work at the heart of the intradisciplinary team.
You will be the Lead SLT for inpatient care, based at the Western Community Hospital on the outskirts of Southampton City Centre. This site houses both the Kite Unit (neuropsychiatric) and Snowdon Neurorehabilitation Unit. There are also two general rehabilitation wards currently located at the Royal South Hants site.
Main duties of the job
* To develop, deliver and monitor, a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service within the Southampton City inpatient units.
* To work as an autonomous practitioner, assessing, diagnosing, and providing timely intervention and management of communication and/or swallowing difficulties.
*To provide highly skilled clinical leadership and be responsible for clinical development by various means including regular research and audit, guideline development and implementation, quality monitoring and improvement
*To collaborate and liaise with MDT colleagues to provide co-ordinated care to clients in the inpatient setting.
*To lead on the prioritisation and triage of SLT referrals within inpatient services to ensure that priority, high risk clients are seen urgently, following locally devised systems / timescales.
*To support the SLT clinical services manager with service developments for the whole service.
*To deputise for the clinical services manager as required.
About us
Make a difference with us
If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.
To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access
To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work
To deliver the best value for money
Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.
We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.
We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.
Date posted
21 September 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£41,659 to £47,672 a year Pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
9 months
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
449-Team1-1001
Job locations
Western Community Hospital
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE
Employer details
Employer name
Solent NHS Trust
Address
Western Community Hospital
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE