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Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 11 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2025 |
| Location: | Lincolnshire, Countywide, LN5 7JH |
| Company: | Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6960211/CYP266-A |
Summary
The Adult Speech and Language Therapy team are very pleased to be advertising this band 6 post to join our forward-thinking and supportive team.
We are looking for a Band 6 therapist who would like to work 3 days a week in our community team as a minimum. If you are looking for a full time position, we can also offer 2 additional days in our ICU team which cover Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. We welcome any queries if you would like to discuss your preferences.
Our community team works across Lincolnshire 5 days a week in a variety of settings including health centres and outpatient clinics, patient homes, care and residential homes and community hospitals. We provide assessment and intervention for a range of patients with varied conditions and associated speech and language difficulties including dysphagia, voice, aphasia, dysfluency and dysarthria as well as AAC needs. The base for this position would be Louth Outpatients clinic.
The Critical Care Units host a total of 17 beds (8 beds at Lincoln County Hospital and 9 beds at Pilgrim Hospital). The units provides care to patients with a variety of aetiology namely patients with brain injury, stroke, out of hospital medical emergencies and post-surgery. As a critical care therapist, you will be involved in communication and swallowing input for patients who are intubated, post extubation and tracheostomised patients.
Please note this position will not commence before June 2025
• To provide assessment, diagnosis and specialist evidence-based intervention to adult patients referred for Speech and Language Therapy, including providing self-care and information to patients, carers, and other professionals.
• To provide clinical support to and supervise a small number of Band 5 SLTs and/or SLTAs.
If you would like to see more of a SLT 'Day in the Life' in LCHS, please do view our videos on You Tube:
Beth - SALT
Rebecca - SALT
Emily - SALT
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out morehttps://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.
We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:
• Jennifer Burnett, Adult SLT Operational Lead 07840 842 081, jennifer.burnett5@nhs.net
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Feb 2025