Join our dedicated team at King's Mill Hospital as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and lead our Speech and Language Therapy Stroke service with passion and expertise! This role will provide strategic and clinical leadership across our acute Stroke Unit and Integrated Community Stroke Service.
This is a permanent position offering 37.5 hours per week, including weekend and bank holiday shifts on a rota system.
Why Join Us?
• Diverse Clinical Experience: Oversee speech and language therapy stroke services across hyper acute, acute, rehabilitation stroke unit beds and Integrated Community Stroke Service.
• Lead and develop clinical stroke delivery, contributing to strategic leadership and innovation across acute and community services and regionally as part of the East Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and in line with national guidance.
• Innovative Research: Be part of the Pharyngeal Electrical Stimulation for Acute Stroke Dysphagia Trial (PhEAST) and regional stroke research network.
• Advanced Diagnostic Tools: Access to a weekly videofluoroscopy service and contribute to our emerging FEES service.
• Supportive Environment: Work in a team that prioritises exceptional patient care and staff well-being
If you are an experienced, motivated, and passionate Speech and Language Therapist looking to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you! Apply now to become a vital part of our team at King's Mill Hospital.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Feb 2025
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