Senior Speech and Language Therapist - Acute

Opportunity has arisen to join our Adult Speech and Language Therapy team for 12 months. You will provide inpatients services for patients with communication disorders and dysphagia across at our two hospital sites at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Bassetlaw Hospital. You will work on a team that is supportive and dedicated. We provide:

• Specialist Clinics: SLT-led nasendoscopy, FEES, and Videofluoroscopy
• Funded, dedicated Critical Care SLT team
• Inclusive and committed CPD opportunities, evidence-based practice, audit, research, and staff well-being
• Our Team has won 2 awards; for staff Well-Being and for Quality Improvement.
• Our patient satisfaction is high with an I Want Great Care score of 4.76/5 and a 15.8% response rate.Our staff satisfaction is high; our latest TED Survey scored 4.4/5.
We offer:
• Close links with Stroke Team, ENT, Radiology, Nutrition & Dietetics and other key services.
• A supportive environment that values transparency and staff engagement and inclusion in service delivery and decision making
• Continuous professional development with our CPD programme and regular supervision sessions, Assess, treat, and manage SLT inpatients across a variety of wards, including ED if requested, AMU, Critical Care as required, Frailty, ENT, Surgical, Cardiology, Orthopaedic and Respiratory on two sites
• Support the Clinical Team Lead with operational management of the Adult SLT inpatient service
• Deliver training and education to the wider MDT and provide clinical education to SLT students as necessary
• Contribute to service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives as required
  
  DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.