Adult Speech and Language Therapist Band 5-6 Development post
| Posting date: | 07 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £44,962 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2025 |
| Location: | Rochdale, OL12 0NB |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7146131/236-RCO-P255-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
We’re advertising a unique opportunity for a Band 5- 6 Adult Speech and Language Therapist development post, to our well-established and friendly team.
We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities. You will develop leadership skills by providing management supervision to other team members. You will educate and enrich student learning experiences as a clinical educator. Evidence-based practice is embedded and CPD is actively encouraged. We work across multiple community locations including clinics, patient’s homes and care homes as well as in-reaching into wards at Rochdale Infirmary. If you are passionate, innovative and keen to input to service development then we are excited to hear from you!
With support from a highly specialist and enthusiastic team of therapists and therapy assistants you will provide care to general adult and stroke patients in need of Speech and Language Therapy input.
You will be supported both in-house and through external course attendance to achieve Dysphagia competencies and other relevant Band 6 requirements and once successfully achieved will automatically progress into a Band 6 post.
This role is predominantly community based, though with some opportunity to in reach into acute settings. As such the ability travel independently around the boroughs of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale is essential.
To be a speech and language therapist in the field of adult acquired communication/swallowing disorders.
To act as an autonomous practitioner with relevant knowledge, skills and experience, assessing, diagnosing and managing patients on the caseload.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of one’s professional and clinical work, working to agreed national and professional standards.
To plan, deliver and evaluate clinical audit, research activities and in-service training within specialist area.
Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Rochdale puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart. Rochdale Infirmary, and the adult and children’s community services across Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, consists of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors. A place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.
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
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 May 2025
We’re advertising a unique opportunity for a Band 5- 6 Adult Speech and Language Therapist development post, to our well-established and friendly team.
We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities. You will develop leadership skills by providing management supervision to other team members. You will educate and enrich student learning experiences as a clinical educator. Evidence-based practice is embedded and CPD is actively encouraged. We work across multiple community locations including clinics, patient’s homes and care homes as well as in-reaching into wards at Rochdale Infirmary. If you are passionate, innovative and keen to input to service development then we are excited to hear from you!
With support from a highly specialist and enthusiastic team of therapists and therapy assistants you will provide care to general adult and stroke patients in need of Speech and Language Therapy input.
You will be supported both in-house and through external course attendance to achieve Dysphagia competencies and other relevant Band 6 requirements and once successfully achieved will automatically progress into a Band 6 post.
This role is predominantly community based, though with some opportunity to in reach into acute settings. As such the ability travel independently around the boroughs of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale is essential.
To be a speech and language therapist in the field of adult acquired communication/swallowing disorders.
To act as an autonomous practitioner with relevant knowledge, skills and experience, assessing, diagnosing and managing patients on the caseload.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of one’s professional and clinical work, working to agreed national and professional standards.
To plan, deliver and evaluate clinical audit, research activities and in-service training within specialist area.
Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different. Rochdale puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. This is the place with community based integrated care at its heart. Rochdale Infirmary, and the adult and children’s community services across Heywood Middleton and Rochdale, consists of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors. A place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.
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
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 May 2025
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