Job summary
Are you a newly qualified speech and language therapist who is looking to gain experience in the acute sector?
We can offer you a supportive team environment for your first job and comprehensive dysphagia training to enable you to achieve your competencies. There are senior therapists on hand for support on a daily basis.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve assessment, diagnosis and management of the communication and swallowing disorders of inpatients (often with neurological aetiologies). There is also the opportunity to provide rehab on our acute stroke unit.
You will join a very friendly team of speech and language therapists over 3 hospital sites. Core hours are Monday to Friday. We are committed to supporting your CPD and as a department we have regular team meetings and clinical discussion forums as well as strong links with community teams. After a year of postgraduate practice you will have the opportunity to attend the relevant training and then support students from the University of Reading on clinical placement.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team at Frimley Park Hospital, providing evidence based speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a designated group of patients. You will take part in a rota for weekend rostered working for stroke patients.
Please see attached Job Description for further role information and the full list of responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team at Frimley Park Hospital, providing evidence based speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a designated group of patients. You will take part in a rota for weekend rostered working for stroke patients.
Please see attached Job Description for further role information and the full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- SLT Qualification
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Completion or part completion of Level C Dysphagia competencies
Specific competencies
Essential
- Excellent written English/personal statement presentation
- Evidence of analytical/problem solving skills
- Collaborative team approach to working
- Application shows empathy and client centred focus
Professional experience
Essential
- Undergraduate experience of acute sector working
- Clear specific interest and enthusiasm for clinical work in the acute sector
- Understanding of relevant assessment tools for the acute setting.
- Shows awareness of clinical governance issues
Desirable
- Under graduate experience of working with dysphagic patients
- Under graduate experience of working with communication disability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- SLT Qualification
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Completion or part completion of Level C Dysphagia competencies
Specific competencies
Essential
- Excellent written English/personal statement presentation
- Evidence of analytical/problem solving skills
- Collaborative team approach to working
- Application shows empathy and client centred focus
Professional experience
Essential
- Undergraduate experience of acute sector working
- Clear specific interest and enthusiasm for clinical work in the acute sector
- Understanding of relevant assessment tools for the acute setting.
- Shows awareness of clinical governance issues
Desirable
- Under graduate experience of working with dysphagic patients
- Under graduate experience of working with communication disability
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
