Speech and Language Therapist (Band 5) Fixed Term

Job summary

Are you a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking for your first post within a supportive environment?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a friendly, hard working team of Adult Speech and Language Therapists based in Somerset.

As part of this team you will benefit from a range of opportunities to work in different settings and gain valuable experience whilst being fully supported. There will be regular one to one line management support, peer support , team meetings and CPD activities.

The post is suitable for a Newly Qualified Therapist and full support will be provided to enable you to work through your Newly Qualified competencies.

Equally, we would welcome applications from experienced Band 5 therapists looking to move to the area or a change of role to gain experience working with adults.

The successful candidate will be assigned a dysphagia supervisor and will work through our 6 month in-house dysphagia competency program. This will entail an initial two months of intensive acute based dysphagia work, based at Musgrove Hospital or Yeovil District Hospital followed by a mixture of acute and community dysphagia work.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months and once trained, will involve a mixed caseload of acute, care homes, and acute and community stroke work.

The travel base will be agreed with the successful candidate as there is some flexibility with this according to where the candidate lives.

Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

Main duties of the job

• To work flexibly as a Speech and Language Therapist across a variety of settings.
• To assess, diagnose and treat patients with communication and swallowing disorders across a variety of settings including acute stroke, acute general medicine, stoke rehabilitation and care homes.
• To be included on the Bank Holiday working rota

About us

Would you like to work in one of the most desirable places within the UK?

As part of the benefits of working in Somerset you can soak up all that the idyllic countryside has to offer with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You get to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

If you answered 'YES' then we would love to hear from you!

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.