Speech and Language Therapist
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to expand our enthusiastic and driven service. We are looking for a motivated band 5 therapist to join our forward-thinking and supportive acute team
We are moving towards a 7 day service in the acute service and this post would be based at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston providing assessment and intervention to general medical wards across the hospital. You would have the opportunity to develop your dysphagia management skills and experience and complete our in-house dysphagia competency framework. The acute team also assess and provide input for a variety of communication and voice difficulties secondary to a wide range of medical conditions and diagnoses.
Please see our videos below for a brief insight into our service and team:
Beth - SALT (youtube.com)
Rebecca - SALT (youtube.com)
Emily - SALT (youtube.com)
Interview date TBC
Main duties of the job
The team provides a service to inpatients and outpatients and also works on a domiciliary basis covering a number of specialisms, these include voice, aphasia, dysfluency, dysphagia, progressive neurological conditions and AAC.
We are highly committed to professional development and evidence-based practice, and there is support available within the service from a range of clinical specialists. We have a well-established local AAC Service and The East Midlands AAC Regional hub is based in Lincoln, with opportunities for training and joint working with AAC professionals from the hub. There is regular access to clinical supervision and CPD including countywide skill-sharing groups, and all staff participate in service improvement initiatives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post requires that you have the ability to travel between locations to carry out your work, and to attend training and meetings in areas not easily accessed by public transport.
We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please contact our Operational Lead.