Job overview

Are you ambitious and invested in developing your career as a specialist SLT?

We have a great opportunity to work part time with our Speech and Language Therapy Team at Salford Royal Hospital. The role will based on the critical care unit with the multi-disciplinary team and highly specialist SLTs delivering a communication and dysphagia service for in-patients in critical care.

This role is 30 hours per week. We offer flexible working options which would be ideal for someone looking for varied working patterns to balance home and work commitments across the working week. You will be required to contribute to the weekend rota delivering supporting the acute stroke wards.

The team have had significant investment to expand, resulting in a large group of highly skilled clinicians available for support, as well as merging with SLT teams across the NCA offering a wide range of access to specialist clinical knowledge.

We offer dedicated CPD time, peer supported learning, on the job coaching and clinical supervision from our team of experienced, highly specialist SLTs working within the hospital setting across a range of clinical specialities.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to support the MDT with management of communication and swallowing disorders with ventilated and tracheostomised patients. Specialist knowledge in managing dysphagia and communication impairments for these patients is essential. You will work with a range of aetiologies, for example post-surgical and neurological conditions

Ideally you will have experience of managing tracheostomised and ventilator dependent patients. Knowledge and skill in FEES and videofluoroscopy are also desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and progressive SLT service who are continuously striving towards best-practice care. We are passionate about providing high quality care for our patients. You will receive regular supervision and CPD opportunities, including training and mentorship

You should have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with the HCPC.

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