Job Description

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Job overview

Looking for a fresh challenge? We are recruiting for our inpatient services in the forward-thinking SALT team at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, in the beautiful Weald of Kent.

This will be based at either

Tunbridge Wells Hospital

or

Maidstone

Hospital

to help deliver specialist speech and language therapy to expanding intensive care units, as well as the general acute caseload on the medical, respiratory, cardiac, gastroenterology, frailty units and care of the elderly wards.
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Main duties of the job

We are seeking someone who is proactive with a special interest in the acute setting to progress in our dynamic acute adult inpatient service based at Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone hospitals. You will be offered a comprehensive program of continuing professional development and will contribute to continuous quality improvement.


We are a team of 20 speech and language therapists and 5 assistants, and a mouthcare matters lead nurse. Our ITU in Tunbridge Wells is proud to be the first unit in the UK to gain HU-CI Certification of Good Practices in the Humanisation of Intensive Care. We are also proactively involved in research as official recruiters for the PLORAS and PhEAST trials


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Working for our organisation

We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it's adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.


Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

o At least 27 days of annual leave

plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).

o Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme

, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits

o Blue Light card

eligibility

o And more,

additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below