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We prioritise your growth in both clinical and leadership skills right from the start. With access to a wealth of CPD opportunities, alongside a nurturing support network, you’ll be empowered to flourish. At Somerset NHS, we truly value your well-being, which is why we have appointed a well-being lead to provide ongoing support throughout your journey. If you are a passionate communicator dedicated to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care for those with communication and swallowing disorders, we’d love to hear from you!
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge to develop your clinical and leaderships skills? We have an opportunity to join a dynamic, friendly team of speech and language therapists in Somerset.
This is a full time post offering the flexibility of working across caseloads in an acute setting. Flexible working patterns will be considered.
Although the majority of the timetable will be on the acute stroke or acute medical and surgical wards, there will be the opportunity, if desired to develop skills in head and neck cancer and critical care. Furthermore, there will be opportunities to develop specialist skills in videofluoroscopy and FEES with full support from experienced clinicians.
Our team has a well established supervision and support network in place. We have access to a wide variety of CPD opportunities and we encourage development of leadership skills alongside clinical skills from the start of your career journey.
We value the importance of staff well-being and have appointed a well-being lead in the service to ensure all staff have access to well-being support alongside their one to one sessions and clinical supervision. We are looking for an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist who is passionate about delivering high quality evidence- based care.
Assessing and diagnosing patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
Treating patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
Working as a core member of the stroke multidisciplinary team.
About us
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To work at Musgrove Park Hospital delivering patient centred and evidence based care for patients with a wide range of acquired clinical disorders in an acute hospital setting.
Follow-up telephone reviews, and at times face to face assessments, for patients leaving the acute setting who are transferred to a community hospital.
To assess, diagnose and treat patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
Regular triage and prioritization of caseloads.
To work as part of multi professional team in the management of acutely unwell patients on the medical and surgical wards and the acute stroke unit.
To actively contribute to service developments and incorporate these into core services, in areas of communication and swallowing.
To work towards competence in videofluoroscopy, FEES and tracheostomy.
To be included in the SLT Bank Holiday working rota.
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