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    Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Maidstone, United Kingdom

    5 days ago

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    Job overview

    Looking for a fresh challenge? We are recruiting internally for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to work with our Stroke Team. We will provide you with training and pastoral support and offer an outstanding learning and development package with a broad range of development opportunities.

    The post will be based at the Maidstone Hospital to help deliver specialist speech and language therapy to adult clients as part of multidisciplinary Stroke team. The Trust is delighted to have been chosen as one of the sites for a Hyperacute Stroke Unit in the Kent and Medway Sustainability Transformation, and the postholder will be integral to this exciting and transformative service. Candidates will be enthusiastic, flexible and engaging with a specialist interest in neurorehabilitation. We offer excellent clinical support and supervision, and ongoing professional development is actively encouraged.

    Main duties of the job

    You will help deliver highly specialist speech and language therapy to the new 46 bedded Stroke ward, a rehab unit at Sevenoaks and to patients in the community You will need to be autonomous in dysphagia assessment and management. You will also need excellent communication skills, a professional approach to both clinical and administrative duties, be organised with excellent prioritisation and time management skills. We run a FEES and videofluoroscopy service and experience in instrumental assessments would be desirable but is not essential as training can be provided. Variable site and weekend working will be expected.

    Speech and Language Therapy currently sits within the Diagnostic & Clinical Support Directorate, within the Therapies Division and is co-located with Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Dietetics, making easy work of joint working. The broader SALT team is made up of 19 SALTs and 4 SALT Assistant posts, split across both hospital sites.

    Working for our organisation

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

    The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

    The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

    We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

    Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

    Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced level (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).

    At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

    Interview Date: To be confirmed

    Person specification

    Qualifications

    Essential criteria

  • Degree or post graduate diploma in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Registered member of HPC
  • Evidence of on-going CPD/ reflective practice
  • Post graduate qualification in Dysphagia

    • Desirable criteria

  • Registered member of RCSLT

    • Experience/ Knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • Post graduate experience of working with clients with significant communication and /or swallowing disorders post-stroke.
  • Experience of working with adults in the acute setting.
  • Experience of line management including supervision
  • Experience providing training and specialist advice to external agencies
  • Multidisciplinary team working

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience with FEES
  • Experience of working in a tertiary care setting

    • Skills

    Essential criteria

  • Advanced dysphagia skills
  • Advanced communication support skills including performing mental capacity assessments
  • Highly attuned knowledge of evidence based practice, especially in the areas of dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria and dyspraxia.
  • Understand the principles of clinical governance
  • Understand local and National policy in relation to Stroke
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organisational and reflection skills, including the ability to prioritise and manage your own time effectively

    • Desirable criteria

  • Counselling skills
  • Tracheostomy skills
  • Oral and tracheal suction skills
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