Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

Band 6 Rotational Speech and Language Therapist – Inpatient Stroke Unit / Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team – Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Based at Royal Hampshire County Hospital and covering Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust’s patch for community (Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester).

Role Description:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated Speech & Language Therapist who is keen to extend their clinical skills in stroke. This post is based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and is rotational covering our acute Stroke Unit and Early Supported Discharge Team, providing experience in inpatient and community settings.

Main duties of the job

What we look for:

• Experience of managing stroke patients with acquired dysphagia and communication difficulties across different settings.
• An enthusiasm to develop own skills and competencies as well as sharing those with others.
• Flexibility in adapting to changing service requirements.

What we Offer:

• The opportunity to join a friendly, ambitious, and motivated Stroke Service.
• Opportunities for close multi-disciplinary working and sharing skills and competencies.
• A range of CPD opportunities within the Stroke and Speech and Language Therapy teams, with established training sessions and focus groups to learn from and contribute to.
• Access to instrumental swallow assessments (Video fluoroscopy and FEES).
• Excellent links to the acute and community Speech and Language Therapy teams with clinical leads in range of specialist areas to provide support and learning.
• Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.

Who we are:

The Hampshire Hospitals stroke service includes a 36-bed in-patient Stroke Unit and Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team in the community. You will have a chance to work in both services as part of this rotational post, joining a team of stroke-specialist speech and language therapists and assistants. We are a dynamic and friendly service who value patient centred care and continual improvement and development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached