Job summary
Are you looking to begin your career as a Speech and Language Therapist working with adults with acquired disorders in acute and community settings? Or to further develop your existing skills within this area?
Are you looking to become part of an established, friendly, supportive and sociable team?
We have an opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to work within our team at Scunthorpe. This post will give you the opportunity to work as part of our acute and community stroke team as well as provide input to more general caseloads with acute and community patients. The caseload will involve rehabilitation for both swallowing and communication, therefore supervision and training towards the treatment of dysphagia will be offered.
The applicant will need to have access to transport and the ability to safely transport yourself and equipment around the required geographical area during the course of their working day.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of Speech and Language Therapy service undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To work as a member of the Speech and Language Therapy team to provide a comprehensive therapeutic service for inpatients and outpatients. To manage a defined caseload of patients using evidence-based/patient-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, including discharge planning and facilitation.
To participate in providing a specialist service comprising assessment, management and treatment, to adults with disorders of communication.To participate in providing a specialist service comprising assessment, management and treatment, to adults with disorders of feeding and swallowing, when post-basic dysphagia level competencies have been reached.
About us
We're a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt 'best practice' so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
"We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers".
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy
- HCPC Registered, or in process of qualifying/ applying
Desirable
- Relevant accredited courses
- Member of professional body-RCSLT
- Membership of specialist interest groups
- Dysphagia trained
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
Occupational experience and abilities
Essential
- Able to manage own caseload
Desirable
- Experience of presentations to a range of audiences
- Clinical education of students
- Supervision of assistant staff
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Degree/Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy
- HCPC Registered, or in process of qualifying/ applying
Desirable
- Relevant accredited courses
- Member of professional body-RCSLT
- Membership of specialist interest groups
- Dysphagia trained
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
Occupational experience and abilities
Essential
- Able to manage own caseload
Desirable
- Experience of presentations to a range of audiences
- Clinical education of students
- Supervision of assistant staff
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
