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Senior Speech & Language Therapist (Stroke and Complex Rehab)
The closing date is 22 July 2025
There is currently an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech & Language Therapist (SALT) to join the Stroke service at Redcar Primary Care Hospital. The Stroke Service covers Hambleton & Richmond.
You will work within a AHP Consultant led multidisciplinary team offering specialist assessment, intervention and rehabilitation, providing advice where needed to other professionals regarding the management of stroke and Complex Rehabilitation specific conditions.
You will need to be able to work as part of a team and on your own, frequently using your own initiative. Excellent communication skills, organisational skills, enthusiasm, commitment and ability to negotiate across a wide range of agencies are also vital in this post.
The role will require being involved with clients with a range of multiple medical, social and emotional problems, as well as a substantial amount of home visits, discharge planning, rehabilitation and education. Driving or having access to transport is also an essential part of this post. The team currently provides a 5 day service so there is an expectation for the successful candidate to be included in the cover for bank holiday working.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
To provide a specialist clinical Speech & Language Therapy service within the stroke specialism as part of Hambleton and Richmond stroke and complex rehabilitation service, within the framework of clinical governance.
Experience of working with stroke specific conditions is essential. There will be the opportunity to develop more advanced clinical skills as well as contributing to wider OT initiatives and the chance to develop further staff supervision and appraisal skills.
This could be worked flexibly across a 5 day week as part of a rota and across the Friarage and community hospital stroke rehabilitation and early supported discharge settings.To provide specialist communication and / or swallowing assessment and intervention for other patients.
This could be across a range of settings including acute and community hospitals and in outpatient clinics.
To work flexibly as part of the South Tees Stroke & Complex Rehabilitation Service and as part of thegrowing the friarage and community group to meet the needs of the service.
The service provided will be effective, caring and compassionate, and demonstrate commitment toabiding by the NHS values and the Constitution.
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) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* Degree and licence to practice as a Speech & Language Therapist as approved by the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
* State registration as a qualified Speech & Language Therapist with the Health & Care professions Council.
* Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
Knowledge & Skills
* Completed post-graduate dysphagia training and competencies
* Basic IT skills and competence (ability to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, e-mail and internet and healthcare digital systems)
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.
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.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum (pro rata)
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