Speech and Language Therapist – Dementia/Dysphagia

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with an exciting opportunity available for an experienced NHS Dementia/Dysphagia Speech and Language Therapist to join a well-established Speech & Language Therapy team based in Colchester.

Specialism/Team: Dementia/Dysphagia

Job Type & Hours: Locum ongoing contract – 2x days a week 09:00-17:00

Pay Rate: £30 per hour (assignment rate)

Benefits of working for Global Healthcare Jobs:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years’ experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Summary/Main duties:

• This is a specialist role, with a focus on dysphagia management, to work within our well established DIST (Dementia Intensive Support Team), with a focus on admission avoidance; discharge planning, community and in-patient assessment and management, to individuals under the care of or referred to the service. The role will also work with the team to provide ad hoc training and support to carers in their roles in all environments.
• The post holder will work effectively and efficiently as an autonomous speech and language practitioner within a multi-professional team environment in community, primary care and acute settings, ensuring safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focussed care in line with identified evidence based practice, local and national standards.

• Independently assess, differentially diagnose and develop and implement specialist care programmes for patients, open to the service, with swallowing needs.Work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure a coordinated care plan for patients and necessary support and follow up from this care plan.
• Liaise and work closely with patients, carers and families to establish goals for therapy/management
• Have and maintain specialist competencies and skills in dysphagia.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of dysphagia training programmes to members of the multidisciplinary team and wider system partners.
• Demonstrate critical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform practice
• Be up to date with relevant local and national standards and to lead in the implementation of evidence based practice.
• Develop links with other Speech and Language Therapy Departments in other Trusts and localities

Requirements of the Speech and Language Therapist/SLT:

• Degree or equivalent within Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registration
• Recent UK/NHS post qualifying experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Car driver

Contact:

This Speech and Language Therapist/SLT job is advertised by Alex Blackwell; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Speech and Language Therapist role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.