Speech and Language Therapist
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Band 6 Rotational Speech and Language Therapist – Inpatient Stroke Unit / Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team – Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Based at Royal Hampshire County Hospital and covering Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust’s patch for community (Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester).
Role Description:
We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated Speech & Language Therapist who is keen to extend their clinical skills in stroke. This post is based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and is rotational covering our acute Stroke Unit and Early Supported Discharge Team, providing experience in inpatient and community settings.
Main duties of the job
What we look for:
- Experience of managing stroke patients with acquired dysphagia and communication difficulties across different settings.
- An enthusiasm to develop own skills and competencies as well as sharing those with others.
- Flexibility in adapting to changing service requirements.
What we Offer:
- The opportunity to join a friendly, ambitious, and motivated Stroke Service.
- Opportunities for close multi-disciplinary working and sharing skills and competencies.
- A range of CPD opportunities within the Stroke and Speech and Language Therapy teams, with established training sessions and focus groups to learn from and contribute to.
- Access to instrumental swallow assessments (Video fluoroscopy and FEES).
- Excellent links to the acute and community Speech and Language Therapy teams with clinical leads in range of specialist areas to provide support and learning.
- Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.
Who we are:
The Hampshire Hospitals stroke service includes a 36-bed in-patient Stroke Unit and Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team in the community. You will have a chance to work in both services as part of this rotational post, joining a team of stroke-specialist speech and language therapists and assistants.We are a dynamic and friendly service who value patient centred care and continual improvement and development.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Qualified Speech and Language Therapist, HCPC and RSCLT registered
- Evidence of relevant CPD activities
- Evidence of stroke-related CPD activities
Other
Essential criteria- Able to make efficient transport arrangements in order to visit patients in their own homes in a rural environment
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Ability to assess and manage classical cases of swallowing disorder with minimal support
- Experience of working in acute hospital setting
- Experience of working with a range of adult speech and language therapy-related disorders
- Experience of clinical supervision of students and others
- Experience of delivering training to others
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria- Evidence of good reflective practice
- Evidence of prioritisation skills
- Good written communication skills
- Evidence of working well in an MDT
- Understanding of national and local strategies, policies and procedures
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.