Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

3 weeks ago

Bury, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
We are delighted to announce an opportunity to work as a Specialist Rotational Speech and Language Therapist within adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders. This role will be rotational across the specialities of stroke (hyper-acute, acute and inpatient rehabilitation) and general medicine (including acute respiratory care, critical care and ENT). If you are ready to grow and develop your specialist skills across these specialities, we are excited to welcome you to join our team at Fairfield General Hospital and the wider NCA SLT team.

**Main duties of the job**:
Every day is different You will be:

- Competent to work independently with adults with dysphagia and communication difficulties and current knowledge of assessment and treatment procedures.
- Managing a caseload of patients assessing and making a clinical judgement of their condition and needs.
- Create and implement individualised treatment programmes, ensuring these are evaluated and modified as required, following appropriate pathways of care and communicating via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
- Supported by the Dysphagia Lead, as well as other highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy colleagues, therapy assistants and colleagues within our stroke service.
- Be willing to work flexibly which includes supporting 7 day working.
- Be willing to help further develop the service we provide.
- Keen to provide specialist advice and enjoy delivering training across the wider workforce as well as educating and enriching student’s experiences too

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three

core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information

around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Registration**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Registered with HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council), licence to practice
- Registered member of RCSLT

**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Accredited SLT degree or equivalent.
- Evidence of completion of specialist short courses or other post-graduate training

**Knowledge, Skills Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Post qualification experience working with adults with acquired communication/swallowing disorders
- Experience of working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge and use of up-to-date assessment procedures and therapy techniques relevant to client group
- Awareness of professional and clinical local and national guidelines/policies relevant to the client group
- Ability and commitment to deliver training
- Good prioritisation and time management skills
- Analytical and reflection skills
- Relevant NHS experience

**Desirable criteria**:

- Skills in the interpretation of Videofluoroscopy assessment
- Experience of training SLTs
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

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