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Job overview

Would you like a change of scene or to try something different for a while, working as part of a friendly and supportive team? We're recruiting to a key role within our community services, primarily supporting the rehabilitation medicine and general community in North Lincolnshire. The role also offers the opportunity to work with, and develop skills in supporting adults with dysfluency across North and North East Lincolnshire. 

We're looking for an autonomous practitioner who shares the team's passion for delivering high quality interventions  and embraces our Trust values of Compassion, Honesty, Respect and Teamwork. You will be well-supported by our wider SLT  in conjunction with the North and North East Lincolnshire SLT Team Lead and Clinical Expert SLTs.  The team is supported by our Dysphagia Assistant who works within the inpatient service.  We hold weekly Videofluoroscopy clinics and are developing  our inpatient FEES service. 

We offer regular supervision, joint working, training and CPD opportunities to further develop your clinical skills. The Trust offers a range of Quality Improvement training opportunities with built-in support to work on your chosen service improvement project. Alongside colleagues in the team, you will provide clinical leadership to more junior SLT's and support student placements. 

Main duties of the job

 The wider SLT service encompasses colleagues with similar roles in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and wider group relations with HUTH, providing regular opportunities for joint working. Our inpatient dysphagia service expands across Saturday and bank holiday working and, dependant on clinical skills this post may be required to contribute to this rota.

The postholder is to both provide and support a high standard of care within Speech and Language Therapy, undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. To be responsible for providing a specialist service comprising assessment, management and treatment for adults with disorders of communication and swallowing (dysphagia) dependent on specific role.

To manage a defined caseload of patients using advanced evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.