Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5/6
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 5/6 Development Post
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 438-PB1278-A
- Employer
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Fulwood,Preston
- Salary
- £28,407 - £42,618 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/05/2024
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapist
Band 5/6
Job overview
Are you looking for your next opportunity to develop specialist dysphagia and communication skills with a varied, medical and surgical caseload?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Band 5 speech and language therapist (SLT) with established dysphagia skills who has a passion to work with patients across the medical and surgical pathways.
This amazing post provides opportunities to develop further specialist skills in an area of your own personal interest and enable you to progress towards becoming a Band 6 specialist SLT!
You will gain experience working across emergency medicine, respiratory medicine, enhance high care, gastroenterology, vascular and orthopaedic surgery, elderly medicine, acute frailty, admission avoidance and critical care step down pathways. This varied and exciting post will then facilitate your progression to becoming a Specialist Band 6 SLT
Main duties of the job
You will thrive working with different MDTs to deliver holistic patient care as well as partake in quality improvement projects to review and improve service delivery. You are required to have established skills in dysphagia management, working towards RCSLT level B competencies in addition to having the skills to support the communication needs of patients in an acute setting. You will be able to demonstrate prioritisation and problem solving skills and work flexibly and responsively to the changing service needs involved in cross site working with support from the medical/surgical clinical leads.
The Speech and Language therapy team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large, friendly and innovative team comprised of 30 staff and is part of Integrated Nutrition and Communication Services which includes the Department of Dietetics and The Nutrition Nurse Team. You will gain exposure to videofluoroscopy and FEES and have excellent clinical supervision from senior SLTs as well as opportunities for peer supervision. We place a strong focus on evidence-based practice, CPD, appraisal and training opportunities which will support your progression and development into a Band 6 SLT role.
We excited about the possibilities this role can bring.
For further information please contact Carmel Richardson, Acting Head of Speech and Language Therapy on 01772 522426 or [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has a large inpatient and outpatient service and provides tertiary services and comprehensive care to the Lancashire and South Cumbria region. We are a dedicated SLT service with excellent patient-centred care at the core of our values and we provide a wide range of specialist services. We are keen to promote training opportunities and support CPD. You will join a large, friendly team of speech and language therapists covering a range of specialist services.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To integrate with the multidisciplinary teams and contribute to training and education and quality improvement projects as appropriate with support from clinical leads.
- To demonstrate excellent organisational and prioritisation skills and a flexible approach to work practice.
- To maintain clinical professional development and be up to date with research and advancements within this clinical area.
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Contact Carmel Richardson, Acting Head of Speech and Language Therapy [email protected] on 01772 522426
To find out more about us, have a look at our twitter pages @SLT_LTHTRTo support the delivery of the Speech and Language Therapy Service across a range of medical and surgical clinical areas and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- RCSLT registration
Desirable criteria
- • Attendance at regular CENs in area of clinical interest.
- • Evidence of CPD, in relevant areas
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in acute setting
- Experience of managing dysphagia and communication disorders in acute illness
- Awareness of relevant clinical guidelines
- Experience of providing training and/or education to MDT and patient/carers
- Awareness of audit and service evaluation
- Working at RCSLT level B dysphagia level.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with assistant practitioners
- Knowledge of high and low tech AAC
- Clinical educator training and experience of supporting student placements
- Awareness of Videoflouroscopy and /or FEES
- Videoflouroscopy and /or FEES experience
- Appropriate identification of patients for instrumental assessment
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
- Carmel Richardson
- Job title
- Acting Head of Speech and Language Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 522426
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