Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity for a 1 WTE Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly team based at Brighton General Hospital. You will be part of a large dynamic team and have opportunities to develop your clinical skills with support from both specialist and advanced practitioners.

You will be working with patients who live across Brighton and Hove. The postholder will manage a varied community caseload, with adults presenting with both progressive and non-progressive conditions and a range of communication and swallowing difficulties. Post-qualification dysphagia training and experience is essential and you need to have had at least two years’ experience in adult neurology.

We would consider applications from SLTs currently working as band 5. Applicants must already have a minimum of 6 months experience working within their band 5 role.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is a large community health care organisation, incorporating the towns along the south coast of East & West Sussex, spreading south to Chichester and Brighton. You will have direct links with speech and language therapy colleagues working in Brighton and Hove. As a member of the larger Trust wide SLT workforce you will be encouraged to participate in the many clinical development opportunities available.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached role descriptions for further information. Please let us know in your application form which role you are interested in. We will arrange interviews as we receive applications and so these vacancies may close before the advertised closing date.

Working for our organisation

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is the largest community healthcare provider in Sussex.

  • Over 8,400 full time, part time and bank staff members
  • Medical, nursing and therapeutic care provided to over 10,000 children and adults a day
  • July 2018 Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of Good with Outstanding features
  • Flexible working patterns offered across all services
  • Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader

    • SCFT is an inclusive employer that promotes equality and challenges discrimination, and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. Applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, disabled candidates and LGBT+ candidates are particularly encouraged, to ensure the Trusts workforce reflects the diverse communities it serves.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities
    Our service manages a varied caseload of adult acquired conditions presenting with a range of communication and swallowing difficulties. We see patients in their own homes, in nursing homes and in outpatient clinics as well as in intermediate care units and on the stroke ward at Crawley Hospital and work to a blended model of face-to-face assessment and therapy and remote consultations via video and telephone.

    We offer student placements as well as training to inpatient settings, work closely with our multidisciplinary team colleagues and ensure our involvement and representation as part of the Trust’s Specialist Services in many Trust wide projects and developments.

    We seek to provide a high quality, responsive and evidence-based service and we actively encourage personal and professional development of clinical, analytical, research and leadership skills.

    Person specification

    Qualifications
    Essential criteria

  • Degree (or recognised equivalent) in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Registered member RCSLT and HCPC
  • Postgraduate and experiential training in relevant areas

    • Desirable criteria

  • Membership of relevant CEN(s)

    • Experience
    Essential criteria

  • Band 5: Relevant experience of working with adults with acquired communication and/or swallowing difficulties at undergraduate/ post graduate level
  • Band 5: Experience of multidisciplinary working within acute and/or community settings, including understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to caseload
  • Band 6: Min 2 years post-graduation in clinical specialism (s) in acquired adult disorders
  • Band 6: Post basic training and experience in dysphagia
  • Band 6: Participation in student placements
  • Band 6: Participation in provision of training to others
  • Band 5: At least 6 months post graduate experience in Band 5 role (or equivalent)

    • Skills and Knowledge
    Essential criteria

  • Band 5: Knowledge of a range of assessment tools relevant to the patient group (acquired communication and swallowing disorders)
  • Band 5: Evidenced based knowledge of a wide variety of treatment techniques and strategies relevant to the caseload (adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders)
  • Band 5: Awareness of therapy outcome measures relevant to the client group
  • Band 6: Specialist clinician, able to demonstrate credibility, diagnostic skills and in depth knowledge of appropriate assessment and management
  • Band 6: Demonstrates ability to manage caseload independently
  • Band 6: Ability to monitor standards of practice, policies and protocols in accordance with clinical governance strategy

    • This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.

    Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please ensure that you check your emails, including your junk folder, on a regular basis. References will be requested electronically as well; please ensure you provide correct contact details for referees.

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