Highly Specialist ENT Speech and Language Therapist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6237787/214-CSTO-6124217-A |
Summary
We are delighted to be advertising for a full time Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to work within ENT. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who has considerable experience within ENT. The post holder will take a lead role in promoting clinical excellence through their practice, participating in evidence-based practice and through facilitating, educating, supervising, supporting and developing both registrants and non-registered staff on a daily basis.
The post holder will join an expanding Speech and Language Therapy service at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust. The position is offered as a fixed term contract until 31st March 2025.
The purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
Provide an ENT Speech and Language Therapy service as part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS services to Adults.
Supports patients with speech/voice/ communication and/or dysphagia needs, covering inpatients and outpatients
Preventative information and guidance, working to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies to support speech, language and communication skills as well as eating and drinking.
Provide individual assessment, individual and group therapy and management, training, advice and liaison through a consultative and coaching approaches, as appropriate.
Work as part of the wider multi- disciplinary team providing a high quality, effective, accessible, person centred services through tailored packages of care, training and mentoring
Clinical and professional expertise in order that those with speech, language and communication needs and/or dysphagia needs and their carers and families benefit from a well-coordinated pro-active, specialist, efficient and effective speech and language therapy service within the designated specialism/setting/district.
Responsible for providing specialist SLT assessment, formulation and diagnosis, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and interpretation and analysis, and subsequent therapy/management programmes within the designated specialism/setting/district.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024
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