Speech and Language Therapy Support Practitioner

To assist with the direct care of patients as delegated to and supervised by The Speech and Language Therapist.

To provide support to the team, working collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinaryteam and contributing positively to the delivery of high-quality compassionate care

To uphold the fundamental standards of safety and quality always putting the patients first and protecting them from harm.

We are looking for someone who has a broad knowledge of SLT and a passion for working with adults in a hospital setting. The successful candidate may be a school leaver or a mature person looking to expand their experience. The SLT team delivers a communication and dysphagia service to all adults across New Cross hospital, this includes: Stroke; frailty; ED; acute medical unit; frailty; intensive care; head and neck cancer.

The successful candidate will be kind and caring, compassionate and work well within a team and be self motivated with the ability to work under own initiative following a period of training.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.