We have an exciting opportunity for a speech and language therapist to gain experience working with an adult caseload in the acute setting, both on the general wards and stroke rehabilitation ward at Wexham Park Hospital.
You will join a very friendly team of Speech and Language therapists over 3 hospital sites. This position is based at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough. Our core hours are Monday-Friday 08:00 to 16:00.
We offer comprehensive dysphagia training to enable you to achieve your competencies as well as senior staff on hand for support on a daily basis.
We are committed to supporting your CPD and as a department we have regular team meetings and clinical discussion forums as well as strong links with community teams. After a year of postgraduate practice you will have the opportunity to attend the relevant training and then support students from the University of Reading on clinical placement.
A t Frimley Trust we provide a supportive transition to the workplace, through a 12-month Multi-professional Preceptorship program run by our clinical education directorate in collaboration with our Therapies department. This provides protected training, supervision, networking and education to enable our staff to reach their full potential and adjust well into their new working environment.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
The role will involve assessment, diagnosis and management of the communication and swallowing disorders of inpatients on the general wards as well as those on the stroke unit.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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See the attached job description and person specification for further details regarding duties, responsibilities and key relationships for this role.
