Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Community Stroke Team

The successful candidate willassess, plan, implement and evaluate the delivery of speech and language therapy interventions withing the team's caseload. This will include communication and dysphagia. You will be part of the therapy service providing support following hospital discharge as well as longer term stroke rehabilitation.

We offer good support, supervision and opportunities for development, including the potential for externally funded courses. As a service we are innovative, forward thinking and encourage staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service development/ quality improvement and develop leadership skills as well as supervising staff and engagement in student placement education.

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Experience

Essential: - Proven experience in neuro and voice; - Postgraduate Dysphagia Qualification & experience; - Participation in research

Desirable: - membership of CENs

Professional knowledge

Essential: - Proven experience of independent caseload management; - Triage & prioritisation skills; - Experience of leading clinical training

Desirable: - training to care homes

Leadership & Development

Essential: - Clinical leadership; - Supervision of junior staff; - CPD

Desirable: - Journal club