Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

You will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to service development, training and audit. You will also supervise and provide mentorship to junior colleagues, including Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists and SLT students.

You should be confident in managing a caseload independently, assessing and treating patients with a wide range of communication and swallowing difficulties. Service improvement and clinically developing services for our patients is at the heart of what we do, and we value all team members ideas.

We have a robust clinical and managerial supervision process in place. You will have access to peer support, regular supervision, regular team meetings, countywide staff meetings and in-house clinical forums. Professional development is encouraged through membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks, in-house and external training courses and is supported through annual appraisal.

We will consider a band 5 to band 6 developmental role for the right candidate if required.

Interviews for this position will be held face to face with no remote option available.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

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