Job overview

We are looking for an experienced or newly qualified Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist passionate about community-based care for adults with swallowing and communication disorders, to work across St Austell and surrounding areas.  This post offers excellent opportunities for candidates to develop skills across a wide range of conditions such as stroke, progressive neurological diseases, voice, dysfluency, and dementia.

You will join a highly experienced and supportive team, well-regarded by service users and multi-disciplinary colleagues, and supported by a team of support workers and administrators. The team works flexibly to provide intervention across outpatient clinics, home, video, and telephone appointments. You will also have opportunities to work with colleagues in the acute trust and specialists from other disciplines, social care, and the voluntary sector, with regular access to video fluoroscopy clinics and a new FEES Service.

We are committed to personal, professional, and service development. We hold regular service improvement and governance meetings, with working parties involving all staff.  We have regular supervision and appraisals, encourage self-directed learning, CEN membership and learning from others, including colleagues in other professions. We have also secured training for the whole team from national experts in response to developing clinical need.

Main duties of the job

•    To provide an Adult SLT service within the East locality, specifically to St Austell and surrounding areas in conjunction with other ASLT colleagues. In times of fluctuating demand the post holder may be required to work elsewhere in the West Team or within the service.
•    To manage a caseload of patients using evidence based practice.
•    To provide specialist Adult SLT assessment, diagnosis and treatment to adults presenting with communication and swallowing difficulties in hospital and the community setting.
•    To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions as an autonomous practitioner, with access to supervisory support. 
•    To liaise with multi-disciplinary teams and relevant care professionals and
•    To provide on-going training to the multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health.  We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability. 

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK. 

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff. 

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases.  Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner. 

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.  As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.