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Job overview

We are delighted to offer a fixed term opportunity to work as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders.  This role will be across the specialities of stroke (hyper-acute, acute and inpatient rehabilitation) and general medicine (including acute respiratory care, critical care and ENT). If you are ready to grow and develop your specialist skills across these specialities, we are excited to welcome you to join our team at Fairfield General Hospital and the wider NCA SLT team.

We offer a supportive environment with regular team meetings, close links with the MDT and in-house training opportunities including regular CPD events. We have established weekly videofluoroscopy clinics and a developing FEES service, there will be opportunities for the successful candidate to complete competencies in the instrumental assessment of dysphagia.

These positions will suit existing Band 6 Speech and Language Therapists who wish to further develop specialist skills in the field of adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders, or Band 5 therapists looking for career progression. We are a family-friendly service, offer flexible working options and prioritise the health and well-being of all our team members.

Main duties of the job

Every day is different! You will be:

• Competent to work independently with adults with dysphagia and communication difficulties and current knowledge of assessment and treatment procedures.
• Managing a caseload of patients assessing and making a clinical judgement of their condition and needs.
• Create and implement individualised treatment programmes, ensuring these are evaluated and modified as required, following appropriate pathways of care and communicating via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
• Supported by the Dysphagia Lead, as well as other highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy colleagues, therapy assistants and colleagues within our stroke service.
• Be willing to work flexibly which includes supporting 7 day working.
• Be willing to help further develop the service we provide.
• Keen to provide specialist advice and enjoy delivering training across the wider workforce as well as educating and enriching student’s experiences too!

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 betterwork-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information

around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

https://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk