Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Acute

Job summary

BAND 5-6 Developmental Post

We are very excited to be able to offer a new post of a developmental band 5-6 post as a result of new investment into our fabulous team.

You will need to be a confident and enthusiastic therapist who can demonstrate a variety of different skills.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly skilled and experienced colleagues, become involved in specialist MDTs and attend relevant Special Interest Groups and also work towards your competency in instrumental diagnostics. Our team are presently completing MBSImps training, as well as investigating pharyngeal stimulation and other innovative treatments for dysphagia rehabilitation such as aeration.

Specialist communication assessment and awareness training of communication impairments and supporting MCAs is also a key aspect of this role.

Our team is very friendly and helpful and we are committed to regularly reviewing our service delivery, clinical supervision and our CPD. We have over 200 years of collective clinical experience between us and are very generous with our knowledge and are essentially a supportive and can do team

Main duties of the job

• Provide assessment, differential diagnosis, appropriate intervention and discharge for adults with acquired speech, language and communication disorders and dysphagia admitted to the acute wards
• Provide training in specialty areas for carers, other professionals and volunteers and those involved in the care of people referred to the service.
• Provide leadership to junior stafg
• Actively clinically prioritise and assist with managing the caseload and advise senior team re capacity and demand
• Attend and liaise with relevant MDTs, e.g. Regional Networks and external agencies to ensure a quality and effective service for clinical caseload
• Contribute to the strategic development of services for this cohort of patients and for the entire service delivery

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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