Job summary
- Main area
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 270-TG329-ACS
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Isebook Hospital
- Town
- Wellingborough
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/09/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Speech & Language Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
Northamptonshire community NHS trust provides Speech and Language Therapy input to two acute trust and community within Northamptonshire. As a Speech and language Therapy Service we employ over 20 staff across the Acute and Community pathways, who provide specialist care along a number of pathways.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and supportive Adult Speech and Language Therapy team for a band 5 Speech and Language Therapist. The successful post holder will take up the role in the community part of the service and will be supported to complete Newly Qualified Practitioner and dysphagia competencies within their first year to 18 months. They will also have the opportunity to have exposure to instrumental assessment such as videofluoroscopy and FEES and how the wider service works.
You will be part of a community team made up of band 7 /6 and 5 Speech & Language Therapist, You will be designated a mentor to supervisor you through you NQT competencies as well as having access to supervision from other team members
Main duties of the job
To provide a general speech and language therapy service to adults with communication and swallowing problems across the community pathway. This will essentially be individuals with progressive neurological disorders as well as individuals with idiopathic dysphagia and communication needs.
To provide training/ supervision for volunteers, assistants and other professions as requested by the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assess, develop and implement speech and language therapy treatment for patients with communication and swallowing problems
To manage and prioritise your caseload and workload independently
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice as appropriate
To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a specialist therapist working in the respective fields. To maintain HPC and RCSLT registration and ensure it is up to date
To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in your clinical area
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by the use of evidence based practice and outcome measures
To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- recognised Degree in S<
Desirable criteria
- post grad learning e.g Dysphagia
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant undergraduate experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Presentation Skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to orgainse work load and manage their time
Desirable criteria
- Emotional maturity when dealing with challenging situations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate ability to reflect on practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge of specialist S< assessment tools relevant to client gropu
Desirable criteria
- Able ot apply knowledge of recent NHS changes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Leonie Bird
- Job title
- Lead for Adult Speech & Language Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000270027
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