Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is recruiting an Assistant Practitioner for the Community Speech and Language Therapy Team, covering the east of the county. The post supports adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders, delivering treatment programmes and managing their own caseload with support from senior therapists. Work spans community hospital wards, care homes, outpatient clinics and patients' homes, with some clinics held in person or by telehealth. Successful applicants must move with the service to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in early 2028.
What the job involves
- Assess and deliver treatment programmes for delegated patients with communication and swallowing disorders
- Hold responsibility for own caseload with support from senior professional staff
- Assess delegated patients with simple physical and psychological presentations, agree needs and objectives with them, and deliver individual treatment
- Prioritise own work under supervision, with routine evaluation of clinical work
- Work across community hospitals, care homes, outpatient clinics and patients' homes, including clinics in person or by telehealth
- Work as part of the community therapy team to provide a high standard of service
- Supervise and delegate tasks day to day to therapy assistants and students
- Progress interventions within agreed protocols and discharge patients without referring back to professional staff
- Assess and order specialised equipment, then demonstrate and issue it safely
Qualifications
- GCSE grade 9 to 4 or equivalent in literacy and numeracy
Experience
- Previous work in a therapy care group or healthcare setting, such as community rehab or therapy teams
- Previous experience in a community or outpatient speech and language therapy setting
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to work independently to an agreed protocol, modifying programmes as appropriate
- Organisational skills to manage and prioritise own caseload
- Knowledge of therapy interventions gained through training or healthcare experience to foundation degree level
- Knowledge of the assistant practitioner role and its boundaries
- Basic understanding of patient conditions and how they affect therapy
Other
- Willingness to move with the service to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in early 2028
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
