Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Shrewsbury & Oswestry

We have a wonderful opportunity to work as a specialist Speech and Language Therapist in beautiful Shropshire. The post is based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital दस Shrewsbury and consists of two days in Shrewsbury and two days in the market town of Oswestry in the North West of the county. The Shrewsbury days will include two days of domiciliary visits in and around the beautiful town of Shrewsbury, the remainder of the post provides a two‑day domiciliary service to the Oswestry area.

The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive service to a defined geographical area in mid and North West Shropshire, working autonomously visiting patients in both care homes and patients’ own homes and providing input to the local Integrated Care System Halt teams around Oswestry.

You will be able to drive and have access to a vehicle as the area covered is extensive and rural. Dept. pool cars can be booked for use on visits. You will need to have dysphagia skills at a postgraduate level, as dysphagia makes up a large proportion of the patients we see. You will also have an opportunity to provide a broad range of communication therapy.

We have access to regular Video fluoroscopy clinics and a burgeoning FEES clinic that we are developing further. It may be possible to attend these clinics with patients referred from your own caseload to enhance learning and aid support of the patient’s management.

The community SLT team at SATH currently consists of 9 Speech and Language Therapists and two Assistant Practitioners. We work across the whole of Shropshire to include 4 community hospitals and The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital including their specialist spinal unit. We also provide a service into the Integrated Care System teams across the county. We have clinical leads in the areas of Spinal injury, AAC, Dysfluency, Maddison and Dysphagia.

We are a hard‑working but friendly and supportive team working in an ever‑changing and fast‑paced environment. Given the nature of our caseloads, the range of disorders that we treat and the large geographical area that we cover, the post holder will need to be flexible and automaticamente responder con las necesidades del servicio diariamente. We have regular clinical and management supervision, professional meetings and CPD sessions throughout the year.

For further details or informal visits contact:

• Julie Harrison, Coordinator for Community SLT team in CCTH
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