Speech and Language Therapist

Are you a newly qualified Speech & Language Therapist looking to start your career in a supportive and forward-thinking environment? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 SLT to join our Community Neurorehabilitation Service within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
The Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service offers rehabilitation support to adults in Gwent following their discharge from hospital following stroke.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your clinical skills as part of a passionate, multidisciplinary team committed to delivering person-centred, evidence-based care.
You will work holistically with individuals to understand their condition, develop and re-learn skills, return to hobbies or employment, optimise quality of life, and increase independence and self-management in the community.
Our dynamic clinical and ambitious leadership team are driving forward the quality strategy within SLT services which includes embedding the most up-to-date best practice guidance and interventions, developing key services such as timely access to instrumental assessment including VFSS & FEES and actively encouraging career development through access to Masters funding and CPD courses.
Community Neurological Rehabilitation Service - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
To contribute to the provision of health care to the people of the Gwent by participating in the achievement of the Health Board’s mission and quality objectives by providing high quality, efficient and effective speech, and language therapy services, within available resources and in accordance with the Registration Code of HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council) and RCSLT (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists).
To work under the direction of senior clinicians to ensure the provision of high-quality services
To provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and advice for own caseload of clients referred to the Service
To contribute to clinical teams both multidisciplinary and uni-disciplinary ensuring a well-coordinated care plan for the client.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
1. Clinical
To be independently responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, intervention strategies, treatment, and discharge of own caseload in accordance with the guidelines of the Speech and Language Therapy Service and RCSLT Communicating Quality 3 professional standards.
To accept clinical support and advice from senior clinicians.
To work collaboratively with all appropriate agencies and colleagues for exchange of information by discussing own and other input around the client's needs ensuring a well-coordinated care plan.
To provide appropriate information, training, advice and support to clients and their carers and agree case management with them.
To provide appropriate information, training, advice and support to clients and their carers/families and multidisciplinary team members/ other professionals, communicating complex condition related information from assessment to them.
To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families to ensure that effective communication is achieved often where complex barriers to understanding exist in clients with pathological communication difficulties.
To seek advice or request a second opinions from senior clinicians.
To accept second opinions as directed by senior clinicians.
To participate in activities designed to improve the effectiveness of service provision.
To participate in activities for proposed service/policy developments by commenting in discussions.
To demonstrate evidence based, clinically effective practice and keep abreast of new practice developments.
To supervise work delegated to speech and language therapy assistants, technical