We are looking to recruit a positive, enthusiastic and proactive Speech and Language Therapist or soon to be qualified Speech Language Therapist with a commitment to collaborative working. This is an exciting opportunity to join our established band 5 rotation scheme delivering safe, personal and effective care to

Adults with acquired communication, voice and swallowing disorders in hospital and community settings.

Working alongside highly specialist Speech and Language Therapists in stroke/neuro, voice, inpatient and community teams, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to complete their NQP goals and dysphagia competencies required to work independently in a range of clinical areas according to their interests and the needs of the service.

We have a Clinical Practice Educator SLT in the team to support and develop our Band 5's through their preceptorship year and beyond.

This is a full-time position and applicants should be able to demonstrate an ability to work flexibly, using their initiative to deliver a responsive and quality service. They should be able to work effectively as part of wider team.

This post will suit those wanting to develop their skillset in assessment and treatment procedures for the adult population with a wide range acquired communication, voice and swallowing difficulties in a variety of settings.

This post offers 6 months rotation in a number of community and hospital settings across the Pennine Lancashire footprint.

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

The SLT service has a well established team of clinical leads - Critical Care, Dysphagia, Voice, Head & Neck, Stroke, FEES, Videofluoroscopy, Neurorehabilitation and Community (including progressive disease).

Actively involved in a range of service and workforce initiatives across the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS and research including collaborations with ELHT & UCLan’s AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke.

The service is well equipped and is supported by a team of administrators, SLT Assistants and Therapy Assistant Practitioners. Regular team meetings, an annual SLT Showcase of best practice, SLT, Stroke and Neuro Improvement Showcase and continual improvement is embedded in our daily work and service improvement initiatives. We are committed to continuing professional development and this is underpinned by supervision, regular line management and an annual appraisal system.

The attached job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

We welcome applications who are newly qualified staff as well as SLT students in their final year. There is the opportunity for the successful post holder to start work as a B4 whilst they await their HCPC registration.