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Senior Speech & Language Therapist - Stroke services & acute dysphagia
The closing date is 07 September 2025
Based at The James Cook University Hospital and Redcar Primary Care Hospital
An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated speech and language therapist to join our team based in the South Tees locality, working across the stroke pathway.
This post is ideal for someone already working as a Band 6 therapist to develop their skills and experience across stroke services or for a Band 5 with recent clinical experience, ready to take the next steps in their career journey.
This is an exciting time to join as we work together with MDT colleagues across University Hospital Tees to develop the vision for future stroke service delivery.
You will be a team player, able to demonstrate commitment to learning and confident of working in a busy multidisciplinary team.
Depending on previous experience, you will be supported with training and competency development in dysphagia management including developing competencies within videofluoroscopy.
We are committed to quality improvement, and you will be encouraged to join our team project development working groups.
You will be supported by our friendly, experienced team of therapists, support workers and admin support.
Main duties of the job
Your main role will be to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality service within the specialist area of stroke, with the opportunity, through a rotational programme, to work across the stroke pathway from the hyper-acute stage at The James Cook University Hospital, through to in-patient rehabilitation at the Redcar Primary Care Hospital and into the ESD team or in outpatient clinics.
As part of this role, you will also participate in a rota to deliver a 6-day service to the acute stroke unit.
In addition, you will have the opportunity to further develop your dysphagia skills and clinical experience across a range of inpatient acute wards.
With time you will also be able to broaden your skills and experience within aspects of neurology to enable delivery of an integrated service across the neurology and acute stroke unit (NASU).
You will support and mentor speech therapy and rehabilitation support workers and students and, as you progress into your Band 6 role, will provide support and mentorship to our Band 5 staff. You will have the opportunity to be involved with attracting future candidates into the profession through participation in careers events and workshops and works experience placements.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Experience
* Significant post-graduate experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders including after stroke and with other medical disorders
* Experience of working within an NHS environment
* Experience of carrying out videofluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing
Qualifications and training
* Degree and licence to practice as a Speech & Language Therapist as approved by the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
* Registration as a qualified Speech & Language Therapist with the Health & Care Professions Council.
* Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
Knowledge and skills
* Basic IT skills and competence (ability to use Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, e-mail and internet)
* Completed post-graduate dysphagia training and competencies
* Experience of using healthcare digital systems and electronic patient records (e.g. systmone)
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.
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