Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Speech & Language Therapist who is keen to extend their clinical skills in the acute adult acute inpatient setting. You should be experienced in the management of dysphagia and communication impairment across a broad range of disorders. You will be expected to take SLT students on clinical placements with appropriate support from the Universities and SLT colleagues.

Although this role is based at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, there will be close working with the team on other trust sites with need for clinical cover at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and potentially Andover War Memorial Hospital when staff are on leave.

We are keen to recruit someone who will promote the Speech & Language Therapy service across the Trust with passion and enthusiasm. Given the changing demands of working within the NHS, the successful post-holder will need to demonstrate flexibility, an ability to work under pressure and a willingness to become involved in future service development.

We value the development of our staff and there are a wide range of opportunities for training and personal development. We have an effective, established program of clinical supervision, peer support and in-house education.

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist inpatient speech and language therapy service to adults with acquired communication and EDS disorders

To work as an autonomous practitioner, in partnership with patients, their families, carers and other health care professionals, to deliver integrated packages of care to adults with acquired communication and EDS difficulties

To supervise and train speech and language therapy students, other health care professionals and staff from other agencies who works with adults with acquired communication and EDS difficulties

To provide general support and mentorship to less experienced speech and language therapy colleagues working within the adult service

To provide clinical supervision and/or line management (as required) to the Band 5 post-holder

To offer training to other health care professional colleagues and agencies

Accurate use of a number of IT skills to optimise patient care

To work bank holidays on a rota basis, agreed with the team.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.