Speech & Language Therapist (£2000 Welcome

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Speech and Language Therapy Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn. As a result of a service restructure, we are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Dementia & Care of Older People Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to support our service to grow.

As a friendly district general hospital, we are looking for individuals with a special interest in the following areas:

- Dementia and care of older people
- Stroke
- Acquired neurological conditions

Application forms for Band 7 specialist positions are available on the NHS jobs website, however if you are an experienced band 6 with an interest in any of these fields, please get in touch and we would be happy to discuss further with you.

Previous applicants need not apply.
- To provide a Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service to acute hospital in-patients utilising highly developed specialist assessment and management skills of dysphagia and communication to patients within this speciality
- To contribute to the provision of instrumental evaluation of swallowing including Videofluoroscopy
- To evaluate the Speech and Language Therapy service within the Integrated Care of Older People (ICOPE) multidisciplinary team (MDT) making recommendations for improvements and future design of services in line with best practice and current guidelines including local and national policies
- To work as part of the MDT to differentially diagnose, assess, treat and manage swallowing and communication disorders within the speciality
- To provide expertise to Speech and Language Therapy and MDT colleagues, patients and carers through specialist advice and education
- To support the Speech and Language Therapy team in the delivery of care across the Acute Medical service.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.

In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.