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Staff Bank are looking for Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Community Neuro-Rehab Team to work 22.50 hours per week, via bank
If you are interested and available please apply.
As a specialist SLT the post holder will be proactive in changing and developing services/policy within the service. S/he will participate in research, audit and development activities within the department as required. Working collaboratively with colleagues, as well as health care and social service personnel s/he will regularly be involved in departmental service development. S/he will work independently within the framework of guidelines and policies.
The post holder will be an experienced and specialist SLT with relevant qualifications, competence and expertise in acquired swallowing and communication difficulties. This post will require specialist knowledge, skills and judgement across a broad range of disorders and client groups including stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury and progressive neurological conditions. The post holder will have their own caseload and be responsible for providing a service to adults in the community including domiciliary visits, nursing homes, community hospitals and End of Life Care. The post holder may also provide input to our intensive Stroke Supported discharge Stroke service and to the community hospital neuro inpatient beds. He/she will work collaboratively with colleagues ensuring patient driven multi-disciplinary goal setting and evidence based intervention. S/he will need to assess, plan and implement individual therapy programmes and advise adults presenting with a wide range of communication and swallowing problems. Educating carers, family members, other professionals, supervising students and mentoring junior staff, are also a requirement of the role.
Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centric care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for individual.
Working as a partnership means positive collaboration with all our partners and stakeholders.
Across Surrey Downs we work with a wide range of partners including health and care providers, local government colleagues, the voluntary, community and faith sector, patient representatives, service users and others. Everyone plays a part in helping us deliver care closer to people’s own communities, and improving the health of our communities.
There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
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