Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Stroke
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist ready to lead a motivated stroke team in a well-supported and forward-thinking environment?
This maternity cover post offers you the opportunity to step into a leadership role where you’ll drive existing projects with bringing your own ideas to life. The team has made significant progress in refining processes, delivering impactful training, and embedding best practices.Your role will involve maintaining this momentum, ensuring continuity in the excellent work already in place, while also having the autonomy to deliver key improvements.
Although this is a temporary post, it’s a chance to make a lasting difference while expanding your leadership and project management experience.
What we’re after:- A skilled professional with a proven track record in Speech and Language Therapy for stroke patients.
- Strong leadership skills to inspire and guide a dedicated team.
- The ability to adapt quickly to established systems and contribute innovative ideas to enhance service delivery.
- A supportive and collaborative environment with a team passionate about patient care and professional growth
- The opportunity to lead on high-priority projects
- Scope for professional creativity
We are interested in hearing from applicants with either acute or community stroke rehab experience.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description and personal specification attached to this vacancy.
About Us
Our Weston SLT team benefit from being part of a larger service at UHBW alongside colleagues based in Bristol. We have a strong culture of support, development and leadership including:- Support in accessing a wide range of training and CPD opportunities to ensure you flourish in your role
- Protected non clinical time
- A rolling in-service training programme with brilliant teaching from team members and multi-disciplinary colleagues
- Regular 1:1 and peer supervision
- Commitment to our flexi-time policy to support your work-life balance
- A wealth of wellbeing support and strong team spirit
For more information about our service, please see our webpage
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This advert closes on Sunday 2 Feb 2025