Overview
An opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Speech & Language Therapist to join our supportive and friendly community team to cover maternity leave.
The job entails seeing a wide range of interesting presentations from MND, FND and MS in picturesque domiciliary locations and or outpatient settings. The team has excellent liaison with key MDTs, the University of Essex and Colchester Acute SALT team. The team promotes service improvement, CPD and supervision. We have some interesting projects underway including the promotion of patient education videos on YouTube and are forward thinking in our service delivery.
Assessment and Management of communication and or swallowing impairments and liaison with GPs, MDTs and Third Sector organisations.
Assessment and provision of AAC and liaison with regional hub
Clinical Supervision of junior staff
Clinical educator for students
About ESNEFT
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
How to apply
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Nov 2025
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