Overview
Are you passionate about providing a high-quality service to stroke patients? Are you an ambitious individual who relishes a challenge? Lincolnshire’s Stroke Service is a dynamic, continuously developing service.
Responsibilities
* Deliver high quality patient centred care and rehabilitation to people who have recently experienced a stroke.
* Assess and manage communication and swallowing impairments, devise therapy care plans suitable for assistants and participate in service development.
* Work within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) of specialist Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Nurses and Medics.
* Participate in the collection of Speech and Language Therapy data for SSNAP (Stroke Sentinel National Audit Programme).
* Weekend working is part of the service therefore you will need to be flexible to accommodate this according to service demand.
* Base: Lincoln County Hospital - Stroke Unit.
Qualifications
* Special interest in stroke and dysphagia management with acknowledged risk.
* Experience of multidisciplinary team (MDT) working with stroke.
* Eligibility for future instrumental training opportunities such as videofluoroscopy and FEES.
* Ability to supervise and monitor the implementation of specialist treatment programmes delivered by Band 5 SLTs and SLTAs.
Benefits
* Diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.
* Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff balance personal and work commitments.
* Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the advert in full before applying. This post is ACUTE only.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025.
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