[Hiring] Specialist Speech and Language Therapist @Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Role Description

Would you like to join a forward thinking, innovative and nurturing team? Are you ready to develop your skills in acquired communication, voice and swallowing impairments and stammering? Come and work in a new post in our Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service. Based in beautiful Oxfordshire, there is also the added benefit of some remote working.

In this role you will be supported to:

• Provide high quality, evidence-based intervention
• Work on real life goals to make a difference to the lives of your patients
• Develop your skills supervising students/apprentices or managing Band 5 SLTs
• Lead clinical projects with support

We are a supportive team with two well-being champions and we make sure to celebrate our successes along with sharing things that are more challenging. We are assisted by an experienced admin team and innovation is encouraged, with every team member having a voice and being involved and consulted in decision making.

We have yearly team objectives that everyone contributes to and would encourage your involvement in projects and audits. Some cross-site working may be required, and applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car or other suitable vehicle. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Qualifications

• Post graduate experience and confidence in dysphagia management is essential.

Requirements

• Manage your own clinical caseload across a variety of settings including clinics, care homes and patients’ own homes.
• Opportunity to work remotely and face to face, offering triage, assessment and therapy to adults who have acquired communication, voice or swallowing impairments, or who stammer.
• Benefit from a dedicated clinical, managerial and peer supervision programme.
• Access to specialist clinics, such as video-fluoroscopy and voice clinics, and receive regular supervision and training from a voice specialist.
• Develop supervisory and managerial skills through training modules provided by the Trust.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team