Fixed Term Speech and Language Therapist | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Winchester, SO22 5DG |
| Company: | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6243251/251-FCSS3772-A |
Summary
Fixed Term for 12 months
We have a fantastic opportunity for an energetic Speech and Language Therapist who is dysphagia trained, to become part of our friendly Speech and Language Therapy team that provides care to adult patients out of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust. Our team is committed to providing a high-quality service and we embrace change. This is a fixed term 1 year post to cover maternity leave.
Within our team we have a dynamic mix of experienced and skilled therapists who foster and support a varied learning environment. This post would be providing community care to a varied caseload through outpatients, home visits and telehealth. You will have opportunities working with frailty, Dementia, progressive neurological conditions, ENT (voice), & stroke. You will be required to work from home for up to 3 days a week. There will also be an expectation of working on site across both sites. There is daily access to senior therapists for support and regular scheduled supervision.
The Speech and Language Therapy team run both Video fluoroscopy and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) services which you will have an opportunity to gain experience in.
We work very closely with our inpatient colleagues to provide a seamless service for our patients. Opportunities to work within these areas can be explored.
Community/Outpatient/Telehealth Speech and Language Therapist based at either the Royal Hampshire County Hospital Winchester (RHCH) or Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH).
The predominant caseload will include patients with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (EDS) difficulties, voice and those with acquired communication difficulties.
The service will be provided via telehealth, telephone, outpatients, and home visits. Access to your own vehicle would be preferred.
There will be close team working with the Basingstoke North Hampshire Hospital acute team and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital acute team and cross-site working may be required at times for equity of service and seamless transfer of care.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
This advert closes on Friday 3 May 2024
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