Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

A fantastic opportunity has arisen through collaborative and partnership working with the Acute trusts, which has resulted in a number of new posts being resourced within the service level agreement., The post holder will be an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) with specialist knowledge of differential diagnosis in adults with speech, language and swallowing difficulties and experience working with patients across various pathways.

The post holder will work within the Adult Speech and Language Therapy team to manage a complex caseload comprising a range of adult clients with various differential diagnosis.

The post holder will supervise SLT Assistant Practitioners and volunteers.

The post holder will provide clinical teaching of SLT students and will participate in the development and delivery of specialist SLT training to others.

Being a car driver is essential. There are two location teams to cover within the county

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.