Speech and Language Therapist - Rotational Stroke / Acute / ESD

Are you looking to further develop your skills in acute stroke and rehab? If so then we want you! We are a team of around 30 SLTS who are welcoming, friendly and team focused. We want to provide all of our therapists with the ability to think critically, challenge the evidence base and provide high standards of person-centred care. This involves commitment, motivation and a strong desire to learn and in turn, we will give you our commitment of CPD, the opportunity to develop your clinical skills in acquired dysphagia and communication disorders within the field of stroke, acute and ESD.

This is a permanent, full time rotational post across stroke, acute and ESD. There is the opportunity to develop skills in dysphagia management, cough reflex testing, FEES and VFS competencies , goal-setting and key working skills, complex communication management and the chance to be part of a highly skilled MDT. There is also the opportunity to spend time working in our stroke ESD team, where you can be a part of the patient journey from hospital to home and provide intensive rehabilitation.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.