Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist - Chester, United Kingdom - Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Are you a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with a drive to work with children? Well we have the perfect job role for you
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to be an integral part of our excellent service based within Chester and Ellesmere Port.
If successful you will be working with children and young people in a number of settings, completing assessments and intervention for a wide variety of conditions.
You will be an integral part of our innovative and supportive paediatric team, working closely with Speech and Language Therapy colleagues and other professionals.
There will be potential to gain experience of different areas of the service in order to help shape career progression.
We very much like to support CPD and development opportunities within CCICP in order to help personal and professional progression within your role.
If this sounds like a role that would interest you, please do not hesitate to give us a call
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical setting
To utilise effective communication skills to ensure clinical advice and treatment programmes are delivered sensitively, taking into consideration the needs of carers
To undertake clinical assessment, taking into account all relevant information and clinical reasoning to formulate evidence based individualised treatment plans in agreement with the patient
To implement individual and/or group interventions for patients
To monitor progress and review treatment plans and interventions to facilitate the achievement of goals
To provide appropriate oral and written information/ reports for patients and carers/ referring agencies where relevant
To develop and maintain good working relationships with other healthcare professions, social care and other appropriate agencies, to ensure integrated and high quality patient outcomes
To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to decisions with regard to patient care programmes through attendance at multidisciplinary meetings
To maintain accurate documentation in line with professional standards, and local policies and procedures
To ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients from the caseload, liaising with other agencies as required.
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