Speech and Language Therapist inSheffield inSheffield PUBLISHED 28 OCT 2024
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An opportunity has arisen for a newly/recently qualified Speech & Language Therapist to gain experience working within the Speech and Language Therapy service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is a permanent, full time role, working on the acute wards across the Northern General Hospital, Royal Hallamshire and Weston Park Hospitals.
You will be working as part of the well-established multi-disciplinary teams in the hospital and provide assessment, advice and therapy to in-patients with swallowing and communication difficulties.
Speech & Language Therapy within STH NHS FT offers an excellent and well-established mentoring and support system. As part of a large team, clinical support is available through regular clinical meetings, team meetings, peer review and through a range of working models such as co-working and group therapy. Specialist support is available from many specialisms such as Dysphagia, Voice, Head & Neck Cancer and Research.
The SLT service across both the acute and community teams in STH has approximately 55 staff (47 therapists, 7 assistants and 4 secretarial staff) (41.23wte).
The SLT teams are highly motivated to provide a quality service to their patients, they are research active and embrace innovation. The service has established processes for supervision and supports personal and professional development.
- To undertake the assessment, diagnosis and management of clients on his/her caseload according to need, including the development and implementation of appropriate care plans / programmes of care.
- To ensure that clients / carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
- To provide appropriate and timely advice to referral agents and others, in line with the HCPC Standards of Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency.
- To adapt practice to meet individual client circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic contexts.
- To employ clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
An opportunity has arisen for a newly/recently qualified Speech & Language Therapist to gain experience working within the Speech and Language Therapy service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is a permanent, full time role, working on the acute wards across the Northern General Hospital, Royal Hallamshire and Weston Park Hospitals.
You will be working as part of the well-established multi-disciplinary teams in the hospital and provide assessment, advice and therapy to in-patients with swallowing and communication difficulties.
Speech & Language Therapy within STH NHS FT offers an excellent and well-established mentoring and support system. As part of a large team, clinical support is available through regular clinical meetings, team meetings, peer review and through a range of working models such as co-working and group therapy. Specialist support is available from many specialisms such as Dysphagia, Voice, Head & Neck Cancer and Research.
The SLT service across both the acute and community teams in STH has approximately 55 staff (47 therapists, 7 assistants and 4 secretarial staff) (41.23wte).
The SLT teams are highly motivated to provide a quality service to their patients, they are research active and embrace innovation. The service has established processes for supervision and supports personal and professional development.
- To undertake the assessment, diagnosis and management of clients on his/her caseload according to need, including the development and implementation of appropriate care plans / programmes of care.
- To ensure that clients / carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
- To provide appropriate and timely advice to referral agents and others, in line with the HCPC Standards of Performance and Ethics and Standards of Proficiency.
- To adapt practice to meet individual client circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic contexts.
- To employ clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
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Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
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