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Job summary

Main area
Speech & Language Therapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (contract till 31st March 2025)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (part time considered / job share)
Job ref
270-TF196-ACS
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Highfield Clinical Care Centre
Town
Northampton
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
10/07/2024

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Speech & language Therapist

Band 6

Job overview

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist – Community Stroke pathway and community Clinic 

WTE 1.0  Band 6

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established, supportive and proactive service working within the Speech and Language Therapy team in Northamptonshire.

Sessions are available working alongside the SLT team within the community Stroke Team and Community Stroke beds as well as a community Clinic 

Northampton General Hospital has a dynamic and highly rated stroke service as the designated centre for countywide acute stroke services. There are close working relationships with the stroke MDT and Northamptonshire stroke community services including strong networking and in-service training opportunities.  

You will have the ability to work on your own initiative yet thrive as a valued member of a multi-disciplinary team. You will possess excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and approach your work with energy and enthusiasm.

Main duties of the job

You will be supported to continue to develop and demonstrate leadership behaviours as you are encouraged to actively contribute to the ongoing development of the service. You will be expected to provide mentorship support to colleagues, SLT Assistant Practitioners and students.

All SLT staff are encouraged to attend regular team meetings, countywide staff meetings and in-house clinical forums. The service promotes a strong culture of clinical supervision. Professional development is encouraged through membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks, in-house and external training courses and is monitored through annual appraisal.

Knowledge of RCP National Stroke Guidelines and SSNAP audit is desirable. Dysphagia experience is essential.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experienced S&LT in Adults
  • MDT working
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of National policies

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Dysphagia Trained
Desirable criteria
  • experience of complex dysphagia

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
  • evidence of MDT working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Catherine Macpherson
Job title
Highly Speiaclist S&LT at CST
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01604 554275
Additional information

Leonie Bird Countywide S&LT manager

[email protected]

03000270027

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