Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Newbury
Job overview
Following a review of our skill mix and internal promotions, we now have exciting Band 6 vacancies available across both of our sites. These roles offer a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in acute stroke, acute neurology, and general wards.
As part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team:
- You will provide evidence-based speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for the acute SLT caseload.
- You will also have the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills through role competency frameworks under supervision.
- Additionally, you will support and mentor junior staff through line management responsibilities.
Please note, this role does not include budgetary responsibilities
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
To be considered for this role, you must have completed your dysphagia competencies and be able to demonstrate at least nine months of independent management of a dysphagia caseload, including acute stroke. Additionally, you should have completed your NQP framework and be able to evidence your ability to manage patients with more complex dysphagia and communication impairments with minimal supervision.Ideally, you will have also completed placement educator training, enabling you to support students on clinical placements.
You will benefit from daily interaction with a welcoming team of SLT colleagues and close collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team. We offer a supportive working environment, actively encouraging CPD through regular team meetings, discussion groups, and service development initiatives.There are also opportunities to gain competencies in videofluoroscopy, tracheostomy, and leadership
You will enjoy daily contact with a friendly team of SLT colleagues as well as close contact with other members of the multidisciplinary team. You will be supported in all aspects of this varied job role and we actively encourage CPD, hold regular team meetings and discussion groups and look at ways to further develop our services.There is also the opportunity to gain competencies in videofluoroscopy , tracheostomy and leadership.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Working independently in a clinical role as a key member of the Speech and Language Therapy team in a developing specialist role, to deliver evidence-based clinical services. Placement educator for Speech and Language Therapy students.
- Assess, differentially diagnoses, formulate treatment plans (in collaboration with patients and carers), write assessment reports, identify and choose appropriate therapeutic or clinical management techniques from a range of options.
- Develop specialist evidence-based treatment programmes for self and others (e.g. students) which may involve using specific therapy software.
- Liaise with a wide range of professional colleagues and other agencies to ensure comprehensive management of the patient. This includes attending regular handover meetings and case conferences.
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification attached for further detailed information.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria- Completed NQP framework
- Completed dysphagia competencies
- Experience of delivering training to MDT colleagues
Experience
Essential criteria- Independent management of more complex patients
- Acute stroke / neuro experience
- HCPC registered
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Membership to RCSLT
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Ability to manage time and workload effectively
- Placement educator training
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.