Adult Acute Speech and Language Therapist

3 weeks ago


Truro, United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to work at The Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro.

The Job role offers potential opportunities for regular CPD development, NQP and dysphagia competencies, developing specialist skills in the areas of video-fluoroscopy, Tracheostomy care, gaining experience working with complex Acute patient presentations.

The post holder will be responsible for providing adult SLT service for patients on General Acute wards across the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust sites including RCHT Treliske and West Cornwall Hospital.

To jointly manage a caseload of patients in conjunction with the Acute and General Ward SLT Teams, using evidence-based practice.

To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatments to adult Acute admission patients presenting with swallowing difficulties and communication, within scope of own competence.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, with support from senior staff as needed.

To liaise with multi-disciplinary teams and relevant care professionals and agencies.

The post holder will work under the supervision of the SLT Team Lead and Specialist SLTs.

This post may become part of a Speech and Language Therapy Rotation scheme. This will be a scheme, which spans across different SLT settings and different areas of practice across Cornwall

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

**PLEASE NOTE**: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Work health assessments

Criminal record check standards

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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.



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