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Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge?  Are you passionate, innovative, and driven to achieve change through a quality improvement approach? If so, we would love you to come and join our speech and language therapy team at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury.

We are looking for an experienced SLT to lead on and coordinate management of adults with a broad range of complex acquired communication and swallowing difficulties across the acute medical and surgical wards, including taking a lead role in management of tracheostomy, videofluoroscopy and FEES. 

As a team we are committed to innovative practice, audit and research opportunities. We have good links with the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Research and Quality Improvement (QI) teams who are able to provide specialist support for personal and team growth in these areas. Leadership training and development is also promoted across the department.

The SLT team at Fairfield work in either acute medical wards, including critical care, or acute respiratory unit with a strong support network. There is also the opportunity to work alongside our stroke therapists at our Primary Stroke Centre. We have good links with SLTs across the Northern Care Alliance providing wide access to expertise knowledge and skill within our profession.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and be based within the SLT team at Fairfield General Hospital.

The post holder will work as part of the MDT across the acute medical and surgical wards.

The role will encompass the following opportunities;

Contribution to research and innovative treatment for patients with communication and swallowing.

Contribution to quality improvement projects and service development to ensure we deliver a high quality, safe, effective service for our patients. 

CPD including leadership development

You will be supported to lead the acute FEES service as well as contributing to regular Videofluoroscopy clinics and providing care to acute care patients with tracheostomy.

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 better work-life balance.