Speech and Language Therapist - Chester, United Kingdom - Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Chester, United Kingdom

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Who Our Opportunity is for:


Are you a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist interested in gaining experience with an adult acquired caseload based within the Countess of Chester Hospital? We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward thinking and highly motivated therapist to join our friendly and supportive team.


You will have the chance to work with clients presenting with a range of acquired aetiologies, including stroke, dementia, neurological conditions, voice and respiratory conditions.

We work in a variety of settings including acute hospital wards, nursing homes, care homes, out-patient clinics and patients own homes.


The post holder will be keen to take on new challenges and will be a key player in facilitating patient flow across the trust.

This will include close joint working with therapy colleagues and the wider MDT. This is an exciting opportunity to further enhance your clinical and professional role.


You will work with the team leader to ensure that excellent standards of care are delivered to patients and their carers' in a flexible and responsive way in line with best clinical evidence.

You will hold your own caseload and help to supervise therapy assistants within the SLT team.


You will have the chance to work with clients presenting with a range of acquired aetiologies, including stroke, dementia, neurological conditions, voice and respiratory conditions.

We work in a variety of settings including acute hospital wards, nursing homes, care homes, out-patient clinics and patients own homes.


The post holder will be keen to take on new challenges and will be a key player in facilitating patient flow across the trust.

This will include close joint working with therapy colleagues and the wider MDT. This is an exciting opportunity to further enhance your clinical and professional role.


You will work with the team leader to ensure that excellent standards of care are delivered to patients and their carers' in a flexible and responsive way in line with best clinical evidence.

You will hold your own caseload and help to supervise therapy assistants within the SLT team.


The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership.

Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital:
providing 438 general and acute beds


Ellesmere Port Hospital:
providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility


Tarporley War Memorial Hospital:
a base for community services which serve the local rural population.


The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000.

This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.


The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery.

This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
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