Job summary Are you looking to broaden your experience in working with patients with voice disorders?
Have you got at least 3 years' experience as a band 6?An exciting opportunity has become available for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our SLT team in Bury, supporting the new outpatient voice service.
This is a great opportunity to further enhance your skills in managing a caseload for voice disorders and work closely with ENT.
CPD is strongly encouraged and valued within the team.
You will have access to regular mentorship and clinical supervision.
Main duties of the job The role will involve supporting the voice outpatient service based at Fairfield General Hospital for 3 days a week.You will be managing your own specialist caseload of patients with voice disorders; providing specialist assessment and treatment programmes.You will participate in joint voice clinics with our ENT colleagues and have the opportunity to work with other speech and language therapists across the trust.As a team, we continually strive to enhance the quality of our care and place an emphasis on service development, quality improvement and continuing professional development.
There will be multiple opportunities for training and development.
About us The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.
Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners.
We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility.
The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction.
By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description Job responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: Person Specification Qualifications Essential HCPC registration Degree in Speech & Language Therapy Evidence of successful completion of relevant short courses Post qualification experience of working with adults with voice disorders Knowledge Essential Independent working with dysphagia Thorough theoretical knowledge of specialist area Knowledge of assessment and therapy techniques relevant to voice Awareness of relevant local and national clinical guidelines Desirable Experience in joint voice clinics Scoping experience Skills Essential Experience with training others MDT working Ability to work independently Ability to work flexibly to meet demands Desirable VF competencies FEEs competencies