Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (pa pro rata)
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS3772-A
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Hampshire County Hospital
- Town
- Winchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Fixed Term Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Fixed Term for 12 months
We have a fantastic opportunity for an energetic Speech and Language Therapist who is dysphagia trained, to become part of our friendly Speech and Language Therapy team that provides care to adult patients out of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust. Our team is committed to providing a high-quality service and we embrace change. This is a fixed term 1 year post to cover maternity leave.
Within our team we have a dynamic mix of experienced and skilled therapists who foster and support a varied learning environment. This post would be providing community care to a varied caseload through outpatients, home visits and telehealth. You will have opportunities working with frailty, Dementia, progressive neurological conditions, ENT (voice), & stroke. You will be required to work from home for up to 3 days a week. There will also be an expectation of working on site across both sites. There is daily access to senior therapists for support and regular scheduled supervision.
The Speech and Language Therapy team run both Video fluoroscopy and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) services which you will have an opportunity to gain experience in.
We work very closely with our inpatient colleagues to provide a seamless service for our patients. Opportunities to work within these areas can be explored.
Main duties of the job
Community/Outpatient/Telehealth Speech and Language Therapist based at either the Royal Hampshire County Hospital Winchester (RHCH) or Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH).
The predominant caseload will include patients with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (EDS) difficulties, voice and those with acquired communication difficulties.
The service will be provided via telehealth, telephone, outpatients, and home visits. Access to your own vehicle would be preferred.
There will be close team working with the Basingstoke North Hampshire Hospital acute team and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital acute team and cross-site working may be required at times for equity of service and seamless transfer of care.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree level qualification or equivalent
- Registered member of the Health Care Professions Council
- Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of attendance of relevant specialist short courses and maintenance of CPD within the field of adult acquired communication/swallowing disorders
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess and manage classical cases of swallowing disorder with minimal support
- Experience of working with a range of adult speech and language therapy-related disorders (including voice)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical supervision of students and others
- Experience of delivering training to others
- Experience of service delivery in a wider range of clinical settings
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Ability to reflect on practice both individually and with peers/mentors
- Highly developed non-verbal communication skills
- Highly developed analytical and interpretive skills
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
- Ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Ability to maintain intense concentration for prolonged periods, simultaneously analysing auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a patient's communication as required on a daily basis, as an integral part of assessment and treatment
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Prioritisation skills
- Good time management skills
- Highly literate and numerate
- Competent in the use of IT, including microsoft packages
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of national and local strategies, policies and procedures across Health and Social Care and their local implementation or application
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
- To be flexible in the demands of the workload including unpredicatable work patterns, deadlines and frequent interruptions
Desirable criteria
- Access to own vehicle and able to use for business purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Webster
- Job title
- Speech and Language Therapy Voice Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01962 824 928
- Additional information
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