B5 Rotational Speech and Language Therapist
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Due to internal promotion, we are looking for a rotational Speech and Language Therapist at University Hospitals Dorset to join our team!
This opportunity falls within our B5 rotations across our acute and stroke wards working with a range of adult acquired conditions.
The successful candidate will provide dysphagia and communication assessment/ therapy to patients with a wide range of clinical diagnoses including stroke, older person’s medicine, respiratory, trauma and gastroenterology.
With specialist teams covering Head & Neck, voice, stroke, acute medicine, older person’s medicine and critical care, there will be opportunities to expand your exposure to, and knowledge in these areas, while completing your rotations in acute and stroke.
Working in comprehensive multi-disciplinary teams, you will be supported by our clinical specialists. We pride ourselves on our NQP and dysphagia competency support structure and ensure our B5s have ample opportunity to access both peer and regular formal supervision.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
We are friendly, sociable, supportive team with a focus on service improvement and team development. Our Stroke team are currently involved in the international PhEAST study, providing opportunities to be involved in research from an early stage of your career.
We offer a 7-day service to our patients so weekend and bank holiday working will be required. As part of University Hospitals Dorset, this rotation will involve working across both The Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital sites.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Deborah Broadbent
Job title: Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Email address: deborah.broadbent@uhd.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0300 019 4002
Kirsty Le Poidevin - Stroke Therapy Team Lead
0300 019 6259
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Hospitals and Health Care
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