Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Development opportunity

We have a great opportunity at MYTT to welcome a new band 6 Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) in to our busy acute service via our band 5-6 development framework.

Prospective candidates are welcome to visit or discuss further. You will have completed NQSLT competencies and be working autonomously with a dysphagia caseload.

This is a career enhancing opportunity for an experienced, suitably qualified, skilled and dynamic SLT. The post holder is required to be an autonomous and motivated individual who is keen to further their skills and development through self-led learning and reflection.

The post holder will work with a team of talented SLTs and the clinical lead who will provide day to day line management, support and monthly supervision. We have weekly complex case review meetings, MDT presence, and joint working opportunities.

Our patients access VF clinic and we have a FEES service in development that is currently accepting a small number of referrals.

Patients can be referred to our own community SLT service. We also have strong links with neighbouring community Trusts.

We have an established and experienced SLT leadership team consisting of a SLT Service Lead, SLT Team Lead and a range of Clinical Leads who specialise across stroke, ICU and respiratory, LTC, dementia and elderly, H&N, voice and community specialisms.

Interviews will be held 06 December 2024.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across a range of wards at Pinderfields Hospital and Dewsbury & District Hospital; including frailty, dementia, respiratory, spinals, oncology and admissions for example; providing a great opportunity to work with a range of conditions and MDT experiences.

The post holder will provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, and onward referral of patients, who have dementia, cancer, respiratory disease, neurological conditions or other conditions which cause swallow and communication impairments. The post holder will engage with huddles and regular clinical and service meetings to optimise patient care.

The post holder will develop their leadership, professional and specialist clinical skills and knowledge through a supported and structured framework with a view to converting to full band 6 SLT duties within 6-11 months.

Our band 6 SLT colleagues' role include clinical prioritisation and caseload oversight, finding solutions and identifying areas for improvement, providing specialist level clinical advice and guidance to colleagues and the MDT, supervising and supporting junior colleagues and students and leading with or contributing to service developments, SOPs and audits, plus developing and providing Trust wide training.

All SLT colleagues in the team receive ringfenced time for MAST and CPD, plus access to regular supervision.

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.