Job overview

**Subject to job matching**

**This position is open to staff working at the Trust in the ‘ECT Family’ this includes current East Cheshire NHS Trust employees, bank staff, ISS staff and volunteers at the Trust.** 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and driven Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team at Macclesfield District General Hospital. 

You will join our forward thinking and highly experienced team to deliver quality care to patients with communication and swallowing disorders in a general community and outpatient setting. Patients will be seen in outpatient clinic, their own home, care home or virtually.  We offer a dysphagia rapid access service where patients are seen in a timely manner in order to reduce hospital admissions.  You will have experience of working with adults with a range of complex long term conditions and be competent in the assessment and management of dysphagia and communication disorders. 

Enthusiastic and motivated, you will be confident liaising with a range of health care professionals.   You will be innovative and able to contribute to the development of the Speech and Language Therapy Service.  Previous experience of working with patients in a community setting are essential.  The successful applicant must also have completed their dysphagia post graduate competencies. 

Hours per week: 22.5

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous clinician to provide specialist speech and language therapy to a high standard through appropriate assessment, and accurate analysis and clinical reasoning in order to interpret, diagnose as appropriate, set goals and provide treatment for patients with a range of complex neurological, head and neck and long term conditions delivering therapy in the most appropriate environment for the patient e.g. in-patient wards, outpatient clinic, home, nursing homes.

To use specialist knowledge and skills to contribute to the multidisciplinary case management to ensure appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required embracing neighbourhood team philosophies.

To support and contribute to the operational delivery of specialist services and the development of initiatives, ensuring consistent service delivery with other clinical specialist services.

Please be advised we are unable to provide Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship to non-UK residents.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to providing the best quality integrated care to our patients. To achieve this aim we need highly motivated staff who are united by common values and behaviours.

We believe our workforce is our greatest asset and we actively support our staff to develop their capabilities to the full, with a variety of learning and development opportunities.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. We look forward to you joining us so that we can bring out your best.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.