Speech & Language Therapist

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Stroke & Community

WTE 1.0 Band 5/6 development post

Band 5 £ 25,655 - £31,365

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established, respected, supportive, proactive service working within the Speech and Language Therapy team across the stroke pathway and community services in Northamptonshire. Sessions are available within the stroke hyper-acute/acute and rehabilitation wards in Northampton General Hospital as well as generalist community clinics in the county.

Northampton General Hospital has a dynamic and highly rated stroke service as the designated centre for countywide acute stroke services. There are close working relationships with the Northamptonshire specialist stroke community services including strong networking and in-service training opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Your community caseload will involve Progressive Communication disorders as well as routine and complex dysphagia, you will be based in a clinic but community visit will also be required. The location of the clinic is TBC.

You will have the ability to work on your own initiative yet thrive as a valued member of a multi-disciplinary team. You will possess excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and approach your work with energy and enthusiasm.

All SLT staff are encouraged to attend regular team meetings, countywide staff meetings and in-house clinical forums. The service promotes a strong culture of clinical supervision. Professional development is encouraged through membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks, in-house and external training courses and is monitored through annual appraisal.

Knowledge of RCP National Stroke Guidelines and SSNAP audit is desirable. Dysphagia experience is essential.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

01 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TD395-ACS

Job locations

Highfield Clinical care centre

Cliftonville Road

Northampton

NN1 5BU

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Stroke experience

Desirable

understanding of SSNAP

Skills

Essential

Able to work within a MDT

Desirable

experience of MTD working

Skills

Essential

Dysphagia experience

Desirable

Dysphagia - management and treatment

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Stroke experience

Desirable

understanding of SSNAP

Skills

Essential

Able to work within a MDT

Desirable

experience of MTD working

Skills

Essential

Dysphagia experience

Desirable

Dysphagia - management and treatment

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.