Speech & Language Therapy Assistant | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Westcliff on Sea, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7141755/390-CSS-SO-9623 |
Summary
Speech and Language Therapist Assistant
Are you interested in working alongside Speech & Language Therapists? Are you dedicated to making a difference? This is a fantastic opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become a Speech & Language Therapy support worker
We have an exciting new vacancy for a speech & language therapy assistant to work in our friendly hospital based Speech & Language Therapy team. You will work directly with our service users who have a range of communication problems and swallowing disorders as well as assisting the clinical staff with a range of administrative and practical tasks. Previous NHS experience and/or knowledge of what an adult acute Speech & Language Therapy team do would be an advantage.
We have excellent links with other MSE hospitals and our community partners.
The main duties of this role are:
• To be professionally accountable and work independently, managing and prioritising your workload
• To use own knowledge, skills and initiative to perform tasks independently, accessing advice and supervision accordingly
• To communicate delegated factual information to patients, carers using persuasion, reassurance, tact and sensitivity
• To create individual resources such as communication passports, timetable etc to be used as part of therapist's intervention.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description. We look forward to your application!
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Jun 2025