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Job summary

Main area
Speech and Language Therapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (weekend working on a rota)
Job ref
236-SCO-P316-24
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern Care Alliance, Salford Royal Hospital
Town
Salford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (Adult Acute)

Band 6

Job overview

Are you ambitious and invested in developing your career as a specialist SLT?

We have a great opportunity to work part time with our Acute Speech and Language Therapy Team at Salford Royal Hospital. We offer flexible working options which would be ideal for someone looking for varied working patterns to balance home and work commitments across the working week.

The team have had significant investment to expand recently, resulting in a large group of highly skilled clinicians available for support, as well as merging with SLT teams across the NCA offering a wide range of access to specialist clinical knowledge.

We offer dedicated CPD time, peer supported learning, on the job coaching and clinical supervision from our team of experienced, highly specialist SLTs working within the hospital setting across a range of clinical specialities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical caseload management and provision of assessment and rehabilitation for patients with dysphagia and/or communication impairments across the acute medical and surgical wards.

There an emphasis on collaborative MDT working.

The role will include access to, and training in FEES and Videofluoroscopy.

There will be opportunities to be involved in service development and quality improvement projects. The acute SLT team have all recently received training in Quality Improvement methodology and now adopt this approach to service development.

You should have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with the HCPC.

You will be required to contribute to the weekend rota delivering supporting the acute stroke wards.

 

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 betterwork-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information

around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

https://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registration
  • Degree in Speech & Language Therapy or recognised equivalent qualification
  • Post basic training in dysphagia. Working at level C in RCSLT competencies.
  • Evidence of successful completion of relevant short courses
  • Clinical Educator Training
Desirable criteria
  • MRCSLT
  • Training / Experience of videofluoroscopy
  • Training / Experience of FEES
  • Training / Experience of tracheostomy management

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 2 years post qualification experience of working with adults with acquired neurological conditions
  • Experience of assessing and managing complex communication disorders, including AAC.
  • Proven organisational skills including time management, effective delegation and prioritisation and the ability to complete a task.
  • Ability to work with and motivate others within a team
  • Ability to work autonomously within a clinical area with senior support.
  • Flexible to meet the needs of the service
  • Able to travel between sites.
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching, Supervisory and Appraisal skills and experience
  • Experience working in NHS
  • Ability to speak another language relevant to the population of Greater Manchester/ Experience working with interpreters
  • Participation in research
  • Membership of relevant CENs/RCSLT hubs
  • Audit experience
  • Leadership experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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
Sophie Wright
Job title
Acute SLT Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 206 5450
Additional information

Sophie Wright 0161 206 5450 [email protected] 

 

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