Job overview

We are looking for a keen, enthusiastic SLT to join our team!  You will predominantly carry out assessments and therapy with adult inpatients who have swallowing problems.  

We are a large, friendly team with great supervision structures - both 1:1 with senior SLTs and Band 5 peer supervision.  We have regular inservice training and are committed to ongoing professional development.

We will support with NQPs and completion of dysphagia competencies.

Main duties of the job

To provide a clinical service to adults with acquired                                          swallowing and/or communication problems.               

 To actively participate in CPD opportunities to maintain and expand clinical knowledge.
To provide input to the teaching, research, audit and service development functions of the department.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.