Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 18/11/2024
Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a newly/recently qualified Speech & Language Therapists to gain experience working within the Speech and Language Therapy service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is a permanent, full-time role, working on the acute wards across the Northern General Hospital, Royal Hallamshire and Weston Park Hospitals.
You will be working as part of the well-established multi-disciplinary teams in the hospital and provide assessment, advice and therapy to in-patients and out-patients with swallowing, voice and communication difficulties.
Speech & Language Therapy within STH NHS FT offers an excellent and well-established mentoring and support system. As part of a large team, clinical support is available through regular clinical meetings, team meetings, peer review and through a range of working models such as co-working and group therapy. Specialist support is available from many specialisms such as Dysphagia, Voice, Head & Neck Cancer and Research.
The SLT service across both the acute and community teams in STH has approximately 55 staff (47 therapists, 7 assistants and 4 secretarial staff) (41.23wte).
The SLT teams are highly motivated to provide a quality service to their patients, they are research active and embrace innovation. The service has established processes for supervision and supports personal and professional development.
Main duties of the job
* To undertake the assessment, diagnosis and management of clients on his/her caseload according to need, including the development and implementation of appropriate care plans/programmes of care.
* To ensure that clients/carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
* To provide appropriate and timely advice to referral agents and others, in line with the HCPC Standards of Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency.
* To adapt practice to meet individual client circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic contexts.
* To employ clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree or equivalent qualification
* Health and Care Professions Council – Licence to Practise
* Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
* Negotiation and problem-solving skills
* Good analytical and reflection skills, and commitment to CPD
* Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
* Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
* Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
* Awareness of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
Experience
* Experience of working with SLT clients
Personal Qualities
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills
* Good organisational skills
* Ability to be a good team member
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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