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Adult Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Practitioner
| Posting date: | 30 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26,530 - £29,114 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2025 |
| Location: | Margate, Ashford, CT9 3RU |
| Company: | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7113322/846-7113322-UJ |
Summary
A Vacancy at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Join our friendly team as an Adult Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Practitioner
We have 2 part time Band 4 positions available at 30 hours per week each. (We may consider appointing at band 3 as a development post)
One post will be working in our Thanet/Dover/Deal team based at Millmead Children’s Centre, Margate.
And the other post will be working in our Ashford South Kent team based at St. Stephen’s Health Centre, Ashford.
We're looking for two people who are passionate about helping adults with communication and swallowing difficulties. You'll be working closely with our friendly, supportive team of Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) in a community setting, providing high-quality care to our adult patients in east Kent.
If you tick these boxes then this could be the perfect opportunity for you:
• Have experience (or a keen interest) in working with people who have swallowing and/or communication challenges
• Are a great communicator (both speaking and listening, non-verbal too!)
• Are organised and able to manage your own workload, but also love working as part of a team
Have at least 18 months of experience in healthcare or education, including a year working in the community
The job will include:
• Carrying out reviews of patients’ swallowing and implementing strategies to help them eat and drink safely.
• Carrying out communication therapy with individuals and groups.
• Helping patients to effectively use low- and high-tech communication aids through preparing and programming the aids and supporting the patient and their family/carers in their use.
In this role, you’ll get to take initiative, manage your day-to-day tasks independently, and receive regular support and guidance from our registered SLTs. You’ll also be part of a wider team of therapy assistants across East and West Kent. We really value motivated,creative problem-solvers and are excited to offer the right person the chance to grow with us in this fulfilling role.
A few things to know:
• You’ll need to be able to travel across different areas, so having a car is a must.
You will need evidence of Foundation Degree Level study (Level 5) or equivalent experience as well as functional skills at Level 2 for literacy and numeracy (GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)
For further information, please contact:
Heike Hodrea-Pritchard, ASLT Team Lead for Thanet/Dover/Deal on heike.hodrea-pritchard@nhs.net
or
Liz Gould, Joint Clinical Operational Manager for Adult SLT on liz.gould@nhs.net
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Apr 2025
Join our friendly team as an Adult Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Practitioner
We have 2 part time Band 4 positions available at 30 hours per week each. (We may consider appointing at band 3 as a development post)
One post will be working in our Thanet/Dover/Deal team based at Millmead Children’s Centre, Margate.
And the other post will be working in our Ashford South Kent team based at St. Stephen’s Health Centre, Ashford.
We're looking for two people who are passionate about helping adults with communication and swallowing difficulties. You'll be working closely with our friendly, supportive team of Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) in a community setting, providing high-quality care to our adult patients in east Kent.
If you tick these boxes then this could be the perfect opportunity for you:
• Have experience (or a keen interest) in working with people who have swallowing and/or communication challenges
• Are a great communicator (both speaking and listening, non-verbal too!)
• Are organised and able to manage your own workload, but also love working as part of a team
Have at least 18 months of experience in healthcare or education, including a year working in the community
The job will include:
• Carrying out reviews of patients’ swallowing and implementing strategies to help them eat and drink safely.
• Carrying out communication therapy with individuals and groups.
• Helping patients to effectively use low- and high-tech communication aids through preparing and programming the aids and supporting the patient and their family/carers in their use.
In this role, you’ll get to take initiative, manage your day-to-day tasks independently, and receive regular support and guidance from our registered SLTs. You’ll also be part of a wider team of therapy assistants across East and West Kent. We really value motivated,creative problem-solvers and are excited to offer the right person the chance to grow with us in this fulfilling role.
A few things to know:
• You’ll need to be able to travel across different areas, so having a car is a must.
You will need evidence of Foundation Degree Level study (Level 5) or equivalent experience as well as functional skills at Level 2 for literacy and numeracy (GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)
For further information, please contact:
Heike Hodrea-Pritchard, ASLT Team Lead for Thanet/Dover/Deal on heike.hodrea-pritchard@nhs.net
or
Liz Gould, Joint Clinical Operational Manager for Adult SLT on liz.gould@nhs.net
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Apr 2025