[ref. v04176717] Speech & Language Therapist - Hereford
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Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to join our friendly & supportive teams providing Maternity Cover Speech and Language Therapy to adults in outpatient clinics and as part of the Community Stroke service.
The post is split between our SLT Outpatient & Community Team based at the County Hospital and the Community Stroke Service which operates out of our offices in Belmont, and involves visiting clients in their homes. You will therefore need to be a driver with access to your own transport.
Previous experience of voice therapy is not essential but would be an advantage, as would a post-graduate dysphagia qualification.
Main duties of the job
To assess, treat, support individuals referred to the services above and otherwise manage the two caseloads
To work alongside SLT and MDT colleagues
To support and direct an SLT Assistant
To participate in or provide training for clients, carers or other professionals
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria- High level of general education, leading to entry to professional training
- Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
- Professional license to practise
Skills Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria- Excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to communicate complex and delicate information in a timely and sensitive way where there are frequent barriers to understanding and/or acceptance.
- Ability to relate theory to practice
- Ability to support students and other professionals
- Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic use of computer software.
- Ability to perform a basic swallow assessment
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of managing own large and complex caseload
- Experience in working in a multidisciplinary environment
- Use of alternative and augmentative communication