Job overview

Are you an HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist with experience and skills in adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders? Are you working at Band 5 or Band 6 level and ready now to further grow and develop your specialist skills as part of our established Integrated Therapy Hub in Oldham?  If so, we are excited to welcome you to join our supportive and friendly team.

We are looking for an SLT who is competent to work autonomously with adults who present with dysphagia and communication difficulties.  Ideally you will have a dysphagia qualification and  experience of working in a community setting.

Every day is different! You will manage a caseload of patients assessing and making a clinical judgement of their condition and needs. You will create and implement individualised Speech and Language Therapy treatment programmes. 

From your induction and throughout your time here you will enjoy robust clinical, peer and management supervision alongside regular team meetings and in service training.   You will also have the opportunity to work closely with the hospital acute SLT team, and develop competencies in objective assessments such as videofluoroscopy.  We can offer flexible working options.  Come and join our small team of friendly and supportive speech & language therapists.   We look forward to welcoming you!

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment service within the clinical areas of adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders (dysphagia) to clients at home, nursing homes or in clinic.  The service is integrated with several community therapy teams and includes close working with dietetics, community stroke and neuro rehab, physio and OT.  The post holder will liaise with a wide range of professional and external agencies to ensure efficient, high quality patient care with regular support and peer supervision from a small friendly team.  The post-holder will have opportunities to develop skills related to objective assessments and to work closely with the acute SLT team.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.