Speech and Language Therapist | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, West Hill, Winchester
Speech and Language Therapist | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, West Hill, Winchester
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 days ago, 4 Jan | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 2c15c4bbe63a453cbbbf8ab962fbe8ba
Full Job Description
- A range of CPD opportunities within the Stroke and Speech and Language Therapy teams, with established training sessions and focus groups to learn from and contribute to.
- Access to instrumental swallow assessments (Video fluoroscopy and FEES).
- Excellent links to the acute and community Speech and Language Therapy teams with clinical leads in range of specialist areas to provide support and learning.
- Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated Speech & Language Therapist who is keen to extend their clinical skills in stroke. This post is based at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and is rotational covering our acute Stroke Unit and Early Supported Discharge Team, providing experience in inpatient and community settings., Experience of managing stroke patients with acquired dysphagia and communication difficulties across different settings. - An enthusiasm to develop own skills and competencies as well as sharing those with others.
- Flexibility in adapting to changing service requirements., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
The Hampshire Hospitals stroke service includes a 36-bed in-patient Stroke Unit and Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team in the community. You will have a chance to work in both services as part of this rotational post, joining a team of stroke-specialist speech and language therapists and assistants. We are a dynamic and friendly service who value patient centred care and continual improvement and development. Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust. Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action orcontactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk. Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.