This specialist speech and language therapist post sits within the Community Stroke Team at Wye Valley NHS Trust. The work covers assessing and treating communication and dysphagia, both after hospital discharge and in longer-term stroke rehabilitation, planning and evaluating interventions across the team's caseload. The service is countywide, so travel is required, and the post-holder works alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy support staff, with scope for leadership and supervision. Fit depends on a postgraduate dysphagia qualification and proven neuro and voice experience.
What the job involves
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate speech and language therapy interventions within the team's caseload
- Deliver communication and dysphagia therapy to stroke patients following hospital discharge
- Provide longer-term stroke rehabilitation
- Supervise staff
- Take part in student placement education
- Take part in service development and quality improvement
- Travel across the county to meet the requirements of the post
Qualifications
- Postgraduate dysphagia qualification
Experience
- Proven experience in neuro and voice
- Postgraduate dysphagia experience
- Participation in research
Skills & knowledge
- Proven experience of independent caseload management
- Triage and prioritisation skills
- Experience of leading clinical training
- Clinical leadership
Other
- Supervision of junior staff
- Continuing professional development
Nice to have
- Membership of CENs
- Training for care homes
- Journal club
What’s offered
- Good support, supervision and opportunities for development
- Potential for externally funded courses
- Opportunity to be involved in service development and quality improvement
- Opportunity to develop leadership skills
- Good work-life balance
- Rural county setting with a busy district general hospital
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
