Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

The Adult Speech and Language Therapy team are very pleased to be advertising band 6 posts to join our forward-thinking and supportive community team. Ideally we are looking for 2 part time therapists (3 days a week), however we welcome any queries if you are looking for other arrangements.

Our community team works across Lincolnshire 5 days a week in a variety of settings including health centres and outpatient clinics, patient homes, care and residential homes and community hospitals. We provide assessment and intervention for a range of patients with varied conditions and associated speech and language difficulties including dysphagia, voice, aphasia, dysfluency and dysarthria as well as AAC needs.

We would be particularly interested in your application if you have significant experience in voice as we are looking to potentially create a Voice Specialist SLT with one of the posts.

Main duties of the job

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and specialist evidence-based intervention to adult community patients referred for Speech and Language Therapy, including providing self-care and information to patients, carers, and other professionals.
• To provide clinical support to and supervise a small number of Band 5 SLTs and/or SLTAs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.

We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:

• Jennifer Burnett, Adult SLT Operational Lead 07840 842 081, [email protected]