Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Assistant - Poole, United Kingdom - Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

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Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Assistant

Dorset HealthCare are looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our supportive team

As a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant you will be joining The Dorset Community Adult Speech and Language Therapy service that is supportive and dynamic. You will be responsible for supporting patients and the service across Shelley Road and Alderney Hospital sites. We welcome ideas of change that could contribute to creating a better service for people living with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties.

You will be supported by Speech and Language Therapists including a team manager and clinical lead. You will have the opportunity to work with SLT assistant's and local adult acute SLT teams and the paediatric SLT community team is available to enable development. We offer CPD opportunities, regular supervision and peer supervision.

We could be flexible with how the hours are met over the working days, as long as the services needs are met. We embrace flexible working and we support a hybrid model of working from home as well as the office.

If you have any queries or would like to meet the service, please contact or call

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Speech and Language Therapy team in provision of high quality person centred rehabilitation & support to adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties.

Following direction from qualified clinicians work independently to implement planned treatment interventions and assist in the development of programmes of care.

To provide confidential administration, secretarial and IT support to the Community Speech and Language Therapy Service.

To take responsibility for the maintenance and preparation of the communication aids used within the service.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced