Job Description

Northamptonshire community NHS trust provides Speech and Language Therapy input to two acute trust and community within Northamptonshire. As a Speech and language Therapy Service we employ over 20 staff across the Acute and Community pathways, who provide specialist care along a number of pathways.



An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and supportive Adult Speech and Language Therapy team for a band 5 Speech and Language Therapist. The successful post holder will take up the role in the community part of the service and will be supported to complete Newly Qualified Practitioner and dysphagia competencies within their first year to 18 months. They will also have the opportunity to have exposure to instrumental assessment such as videofluoroscopy and FEES and how the wider service works.



You will be part of a community team made up of band 7 /6 and 5 Speech & Language Therapist, You will be designated a mentor to supervisor you through you NQT competencies as well as having access to supervision from other team members



To provide a general speech and language therapy service to adults with communication and swallowing problems across the community pathway. This will essentially be individuals with progressive neurological disorders as well as individuals with idiopathic dysphagia and communication needs.



To provide training/ supervision for volunteers, assistants and other professions as requested by the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.



NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.



NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.



To assess, develop and implement speech and language therapy treatment for patients with communication and swallowing problems

To manage and prioritise your caseload and workload independently

To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice as appropriate



To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a specialist therapist working in the respective fields. To maintain HPC and RCSLT registration and ensure it is up to date

To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in your clinical area

To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by the use of evidence based practice and outcome measures

To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies