Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Telford
Contract type: Full time
We have an opportunity to work as part of a community team providing a specialist service to people living with communication and swallowing disorders in the Bridgnorth and Church Stretton area.
Our service aims to provide support and advice to patients and their families on how to deal with a range of communication and swallowing difficulties on both the local community hospital ward and in a range of settings in the surrounding area.
The successful candidate will work as part of a small team working in Bridgnorth and Church Stretton providing a service to people who live with both communication, voice and swallowing disorders their families and carers.
You will provide assessment and management for a wide range of communication and swallowing disorders both on the hospital ward, and in the wider community and ICS team.
As an organisation we strive to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision (“To provide excellent care for the communities we serve”) and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most – our patients and their families.
The community SLT team at SATH works across the whole of Shropshire to include 4 community hospitals and The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt orthopaedic hospital including their specialist spinal unit. We also provide a service into ICS teams countywide.
We have clinical leads in the areas of Spinal injury, Dysfluency, Voice and dysphagia.
We are a hard working but friendly and supportive team working in an ever changing and fast paced environment. Given the nature of our caseloads, the range of disorders that we treat and the large geographical area that we cover, the post holder will need to be a driver with access to a vehicle, flexible and resilient, responding to the changing needs of the service on a daily basis.
We have monthly staff meetings (with cake!) and have regular clinical and management supervision sessions. We have regular Professional Meetings attended by all SLT teams within the Trust and monthly CPD sessions.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Harrison Job title: manager for community SLT, Care closer to home Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07873700797
01743 261000 ext. 2644
Our service aims to provide support and advice to patients and their families on how to deal with a range of communication and swallowing difficulties on both the local community hospital ward and in a range of settings in the surrounding area.
The successful candidate will work as part of a small team working in Bridgnorth and Church Stretton providing a service to people who live with both communication, voice and swallowing disorders their families and carers.
You will provide assessment and management for a wide range of communication and swallowing disorders both on the hospital ward, and in the wider community and ICS team.
As an organisation we strive to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision (“To provide excellent care for the communities we serve”) and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most – our patients and their families.
The community SLT team at SATH works across the whole of Shropshire to include 4 community hospitals and The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt orthopaedic hospital including their specialist spinal unit. We also provide a service into ICS teams countywide.
We have clinical leads in the areas of Spinal injury, Dysfluency, Voice and dysphagia.
We are a hard working but friendly and supportive team working in an ever changing and fast paced environment. Given the nature of our caseloads, the range of disorders that we treat and the large geographical area that we cover, the post holder will need to be a driver with access to a vehicle, flexible and resilient, responding to the changing needs of the service on a daily basis.
We have monthly staff meetings (with cake!) and have regular clinical and management supervision sessions. We have regular Professional Meetings attended by all SLT teams within the Trust and monthly CPD sessions.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Harrison Job title: manager for community SLT, Care closer to home Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07873700797
01743 261000 ext. 2644
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