Speech and Language Therapist

This post offers an exciting opportunity to work with adult clients with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties in a range of settings, including hospital, Stroke Unit, outpatient and in clients' homes. There will be the opportunity for full in-house dysphagia training if required.
We are a very friendly department offering regular staff meetings, clinical supervision and support from more senior therapists.
We are looking for an enthusiastic therapist, eager to develop your professional skills with an acquired neurology client group, whether as a newly qualified therapist, or an existing clinician keen to increase your experience with this caseload.
Wherever possible, the department will give serious consideration to requests for changes to the standard working pattern associated with the contracted hours for any post., The post holder will:
+ assess, diagnose and treat disorders of communication and swallowing within the field of adult acquired neurology.
+ carry a personal caseload of adult clients and delivers a SLT service to clients individually referred;
+ develop professional knowledge and skills acquired during basic SLT training and initial work experience and increase both depth and breadth of clinical competence.
+ complete competences for newly qualified therapists set by the RCSLT
+ provide training regarding acquired disorders of communication/swallowing to others (AHPs, carers etc).

Working for our organisation
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside and Glossop.
We provide a range of high quality services both within the hospital and across our local community for both adults and children.
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health and care partners.
We have a clear set of values and behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate and these are:
+ Safety
+ Care
+ Respect
+ Communication
+ Learning
Our team strives to uphold these values with a clear vision for our service and its future development. We are an integral part of the Nutrition and Hydration Pathway and enjoy working closely with our MDT colleagues. We value our team members and ensure regular one to ones, appraisal and clinical supervision.

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The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached and can be downloaded.
The person specification detailed below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.