Bank Speech and Language Therapist

5 months ago

Scunthorpe, United Kingdom NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

We're currently recruiting to bank roles within our friendly and supportive Speech and Language Therapy team based in North Lincolnshire.

We're looking for experienced SLTs to support our service delivery across a range of communication and dysphagia caseloads in inpatient and community settings. Candidates should be autonomous dysphagia practitioners who share the team's passion for delivering high quality interventions and embrace our Trust values of kindness, courage and respect. You will be well-supported by our B7 Clinical Expert SLTs across a range of specialisms in conjunction with the Team Lead and Operational Lead. The team is supported by Assistants/Assistant Practitioners in acute and community settings and benefits from excellent administrative support. We hold weekly Videofluoroscopy clinics and are developing our inpatient FEES service. 

Candidates for community roles will need to have access to transport and the ability to safely transport themselves and equipment around the required geographical area during the course of their working day.

Candidates with an enhanced level of relevant clinical experience and skills may be considered for a Band 7 role.

Main duties of the job

The postholder is to both provide and support a high standard of care within Speech and Language Therapy, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. To be responsible for providing a specialist service comprising assessment, management and treatment for adults with disorders of communication and swallowing (dysphagia) dependent on specific role.

To manage a defined caseload of patients using advanced evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, including discharge planning and facilitation.

Working for our organisation

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

 “We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a detailed job description please see the attached documents

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients. 

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalentHCPC RegisteredRegistered member of RCSLTWide range of CPD activities, esp. related to specialist areaPostgraduate qualification or training in Dysphagia

Desirable criteria

Relevant Masters level studiesClinical Supervisor training

Experience & Abilities

Essential criteria

Minimum two years post graduate experience with adult caseloadExperience as an autonomous dysphagia therapistAble to manage own caseload/sExperience of teaching other staffExperience of working in the specialist areaExperience of working in acute/ community setting with a multi agency team

Desirable criteria

Experience of several specialist areas of workExperience of managing staff and other resourcesExperience of presentations to a range of audiencesClinical education of students, assistants or other staffInvolvement in research

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