Speech and Language Therapy Assistant | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,937 - £26,598 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | Halifax, HX3 0PW |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7298375/372-COM2534 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic person to join our Speech and Language Therapy team
With the guidance and support of the Speech and Language Therapists, you will work directly with adult patients in an acute hospital setting, to ensure that they receive the best possible care.
Your day to day role will include helping the Speech and Language Therapists to support patients' with their communication needs and assist the Speech and Language Therapist to ensure that the delegated care plan is carried out effectively. You will also support the Speech and Language Therapists to facilitate a seamless transfer of care between acute and community settings.
This role will also involve administrative tasks including booking appointments for Speech and Language Therapy clinics and arranging transport. Excellent interpersonal skills and IT skills are essential. The role will also involve preparation and facilitation of presentations to patient groups and delivering training sessions for the wider health care team. You will be a key part of any health promotion campaigns which will raise the profile of Speech and Language Therapy
Your contribution to department goals and project work will be encouraged and ongoing professional development will be supported.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Activities will include:- Implementing treatment to protocols, and based on competencies.- Monitoring progress and feeding back to the registered practitioner- Making minor adjustments to treatment programmes within pre determined limits- Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment.- May involve screening for specific disorders and issuing predetermined basic equipment and advice according to service protocols and established guidelines.- Ordering of equipment and supplies as per service requirements-May include leading and assisting with group exercise and advice sessions.-Organising/facilitating health promotion campaigns
The post holder will work as part of the wider Health and Social Care Team linking with staff from the Acute Trust, Primary and Social Care.The post holder will be required to undertake lone working in line with Trust policy.Administrative duties and general patient care across departments are required.The post holder will be proactive and be able to demonstrate self directed development andpractice.
This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025