Job Overview
Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist looking to join our innovative service supporting adults in the community?
What do we aim for?
* Effective personal communication for people
* Safe, comfortable, enjoyable, and dignified eating & drinking
You will provide specialist speech and language therapy to people with a range of complex medical conditions and associated problems, completing visits in patients’ homes and outpatient clinics.
You will receive one-to-one clinical support, professional development, and regular supervision, giving you the opportunity to further develop your skills in a variety of clinical areas such as our weekly Videofluoroscopy clinic and dysphagia management, with access to internal and external courses and much more.
You will be working alongside wider multi-disciplinary teams within community services, which include Physiotherapy, Community Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and Social Workers. You will also work with colleagues from a variety of other agencies.
You will engage in clinical triage of new referrals, using advanced clinical reasoning and interpretation skills to analyze complex clinical and non-clinical information to prioritize clinical urgency. You will complete assessments of swallowing and communication disorders as required, contributing to patient diagnoses and recommending the most appropriate Speech and Language Therapy interventions. You will communicate sensitively and effectively with patients and/or carers to promote understanding and ensure inclusion in decision-making wherever possible.
You will take responsibility for your own caseload in line with your experience and competence, ensuring you reflect on and evaluate your own practice and participate in supervision with colleagues.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organization to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and drive research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organization together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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