Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Job summary

Are you a newly qualified or early career Speech and Language Therapist looking for a varied and supportive Band 5 role across both inpatient and community settings? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Speech and Language Therapy service in Buckinghamshire. This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop a broad range of clinical skills across the inpatient stroke pathway at Wycombe Hospital and the community SLT service. The successful applicant will work three days per week with the inpatient stroke team at Wycombe Hospital, supporting adults with communication and swallowing difficulties as part of a wider multidisciplinary team. They will also work two days per week with the community SLT team, providing assessment and intervention for adults in patients' homes, care homes and outpatient settings. This is a supportive post with regular supervision from senior Speech and Language Therapists across both pathways. You will be encouraged to develop your clinical skills, including communication and dysphagia competencies, through structured supervision, training and experience. We are looking for someone who is compassionate, reflective and keen to learn. If you are looking for a role that will support your development while giving you experience across both hospital and community pathways, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist within the Adult Speech and Language Therapy service, supporting adults with communication and swallowing difficulties across inpatient stroke and community pathways. The role will involve working three days per week with the inpatient stroke team at Wycombe Hospital, contributing to assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and patient/carer education as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. The post holder will also work two days per week with the community SLT team, providing assessment and intervention in patients' homes, care homes and outpatient settings. The post holder will manage a defined caseload with an agreed level of autonomy, appropriate to Band 5, and will receive regular supervision and support from senior Speech and Language Therapists. They will assess communication and swallowing needs, contribute to clinical formulation and treatment planning, and seek advice and supervision where required.
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Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree, degree apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist, or pending registration
• Registered member of RCSLT, or eligible for membership.

Special Circumstances

Essential

• Able to travel across Buckinghamshire as required for cross-site working and home visits.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant adult clinical placement experience, including assessment and management of communication, swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.
• Awareness of stroke, neurological conditions and the role of SLT within inpatient, community and multidisciplinary settings.

Desirable

• Previous Band 5 SLT experience in adults or paediatrics

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to listen, explain information clearly and adapt communication where barriers exist.
• Able to demonstrate empathy and provide appropriate support and advice to patients, carers and colleagues.
• Awareness of SLT assessment and intervention approaches relevant to stroke, neurological conditions, dysphagia and communication disorders.
• Awareness of student-level eating and drinking competencies, including safe assessment, risk identification, implementation of recommendations and escalation to a qualified SLT where required.
• Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and understand the roles of other professionals.
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload with support, maintaining concentration and professionalism in busy clinical environments.

Desirable

• Developing clinical reasoning, analytical and reflective skills, with ability to identify own learning needs and seek supervision appropriately.
• Awareness of clinical governance, safeguarding, confidentiality, risk management and accurate clinical documentation.
• Able to manage the emotional demands of working with patients and families affected by communication and swallowing difficulties.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree, degree apprenticeship or equivalent qualification.
• HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist, or pending registration
• Registered member of RCSLT, or eligible for membership.

Special Circumstances

Essential

• Able to travel across Buckinghamshire as required for cross-site working and home visits.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant adult clinical placement experience, including assessment and management of communication, swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.
• Awareness of stroke, neurological conditions and the role of SLT within inpatient, community and multidisciplinary settings.

Desirable

• Previous Band 5 SLT experience in adults or paediatrics

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to listen, explain information clearly and adapt communication where barriers exist.
• Able to demonstrate empathy and provide appropriate support and advice to patients, carers and colleagues.
• Awareness of SLT assessment and intervention approaches relevant to stroke, neurological conditions, dysphagia and communication disorders.
• Awareness of student-level eating and drinking competencies, including safe assessment, risk identification, implementation of recommendations and escalation to a qualified SLT where required.
• Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and understand the roles of other professionals.
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload with support, maintaining concentration and professionalism in busy clinical environments.

Desirable

• Developing clinical reasoning, analytical and reflective skills, with ability to identify own learning needs and seek supervision appropriately.
• Awareness of clinical governance, safeguarding, confidentiality, risk management and accurate clinical documentation.
• Able to manage the emotional demands of working with patients and families affected by communication and swallowing difficulties.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Address

Wycombe Hospital/Amersham Hospital

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Wycombe

HP11 2TT

United Kingdom

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