About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join our friendly Community Stroke Team. We provide community based assessment and rehabilitation across Herefordshire
You will be working as part of an skillful and supportive multi-disciplinary team alongside other Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers/ Practitioners.
This is a countywide service therefore you will need to be able to fulfil the travel requirements of post.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate willassess, plan, implement and evaluate the delivery of speech and language therapy interventions withing the team's caseload. This will include communication and dysphagia. You will be part of the therapy service providing support following hospital discharge as well as longer term stroke rehabilitation.
We offer good support, supervision and opportunities for development, including the potential for externally funded courses. As a service we are innovative, forward thinking and encourage staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service development/ quality improvement and develop leadership skills as well as supervising staff and engagement in student placement education.
About us About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Job description Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Proven experience in neuro and voice Postgraduate Dysphagia Qualification & experience Participation in research
Desirable
membership of CENs
Professional knowledge Essential
Proven experience of independent caseload management Triage & prioritisation skills Experience of leading clinical training
Desirable
training to care homes
Leadership & Development Essential
Clinical leadership Supervision of junior staff CPD
Desirable
Journal club
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address Vaughan Building, Belmont Abbey
Ruckhall Lane
Hereford
HR2 9RP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)