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Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Workington, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Workington, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3/4 development post. This post is a full time permanent position within North Cumbria Speech and Language Therapy department.

The post holder will be expected to have achieved the Assistant Practitioner qualification within 2 years of taking up the post.

This qualification will involve some distance learning as well as work placed learning supported by a mentor within the Speech and Language Therapy Department.

Speech and Language Therapy have secured funding to develop a new service into improving care into North Cumbria Care Homes This post will support a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to develop the new service to improve eating and drinking in the care home population and to help prevent hospital admissions.

This post will also have a role working alongside the Speech and Language Therapist to to work on improving communication and implementing a training scheme to care home staff.

Full support and training will be provided by the Speech and Language Therapy team

If you require any further information, please ring for an informal chat either Hazel Gilmore, Acting Head of Speech and Language Therapy on or Nichola Todd, clinical lead on

Please refer to the job description for further information on the duties and requirements of this exciting new post.

Regular lone working will be required within the scope of practice with training, regular supervision and support from the Speech and Language Therapists in the team.

This post will involve being face to face with patients in a multiple of locations and indirectly with care home staff via telephone or telemedicine platforms.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.

Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.

We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.

There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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Standard Check:
£18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check:
£38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided