Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Speech and Language Therapist

Band: 6/7

Ward/Dept:Oxfordshire Stroke Rehabilitation Unit

Location:Abingdon Community Hospital, OX14 1AG

Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Hours: 37.5 hours Monday-Friday (part-time considered)

Shift Pattern: 9:00-17:00

Pay Rate: £21.80

The Role

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role as a Speech and Language Therapist in the Oxford Stroke Rehabilitation Unit based at Abingdon Community Hospital. We are seeking an experienced speech and language therapist who is passionate about people to provide support to people with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties after a stroke.

The Trust/Ward/Department

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is a community-focused organisation that provides physical and mental health services and social care to patients of all ages, with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of all our patients and their families.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and in peoples homes operating across the multiple counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Swindon and Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES).

Oxfordshire Stroke Rehabilitation Unit is a 20-bed inpatient unit based at Abingdon Community Hospital providing short-term inpatient rehabilitation for people who have had a stroke, registered with an Oxfordshire GP and are not able to be discharged directly home from hospital.

The Responsibilities

If you are successful in your application to this post, you will be expected to manage and deliver on the responsibilities outlined below as well as those not included here, call today to discuss further:

• To provide assessment, intensive therapy and signposting to people with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties after a stroke, in different environments
• Responsible for overseeing the clinical caseload, designing therapy programmes for our Speech and Language Therapy Assistant and families to supplement the care provided
• Work collaboratively within an MDT and supervise junior colleagues
• To have a knowledge of a range of assessments and therapy techniques, in addition to experience leading and/or managing a team
• To facilitate discussions relating to eating and drinking with acknowledged risks versus clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (e.g. NGT, PEG) and appropriately discharge
• You will be able to access video fluoroscopy clinics.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
• To be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Enhanced DBS
• Dysphagia trained
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Relevant degree or equivalent

HCPC Registered

Essential Criteria

Enhanced DBS

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications

• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

About us

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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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
• To be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Dysphagia trained
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Essential Criteria

Essential

• Enhanced DBS

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Abingdon Community Hospital

Marcham Road

Abingdon

Oxfordshire

OX14 1AG

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)