Speech & Language Therapist

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

Are you a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking to start your career in a supportive and forward-thinking environment?

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Band 5 SLT to join our Adult Community and Outpatient Speech and Language Therapy team within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. This post provides a well-balanced and supportive start to your career, with experience across a range of settings and clinical presentations.

You will work in outpatient clinics in Gwent and in patients' own homes as part of the Blaenau Gwent Community Resource Team, allowing you to develop confidence in both clinic-based and community interventions.

Our clinical and professional leadership team continues to develop service quality, embed best practice and enhance access to specialist assessment pathways, including VFSS.

We are passionate about developing our staff. You will benefit from structured supervision, support ongoing learning through CPD opportunities, peer support, professional networks and access to postgraduate development opportunities.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver a range of interventions for adults with speech, language and communication needs related to a variety of acquired conditions including Parkinson’s Disease, stroke and dementia. This includes individual and group interventions.

The role offers the opportunity to work with individuals in environments that are meaningful to them, supporting goals that genuinely matter in their daily lives. You will contribute to holistic assessment and intervention focusing on communication, wellbeing, independence and self-management.

You will be part of a supportive Speech and Language Therapy team and a wider multi-disciplinary team committed to person-centred, evidence-based care. This post provides an excellent foundation for developing core clinical skills and confidence in managing a varied adult caseload.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring.

The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000

staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well-being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened ahead of schedule in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And/or Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Speech and Language Therapy Degree. Registered with HCPC Member of RCSLT. Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools. Knowledge of specific assessment/treatment tools for complex needs
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Some Research methodology/ clinical audit training. Knowledge of clinical governance issues. Knowledge of national policies in Health and/or Education. Reflective practice theory
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• A range of clinical placements
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with a range of clients within a variety of settings. Experience of running therapy groups. Experience of working with multidisciplinary colleagues
  
  

Values

Essential criteria

• Team player. Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service. Resilience to emotionally demanding situations. Ability to accept standards of others. Sound reflective practice skills with mentors. Empathetic approach to work. Personal initiative to meet the needs of the service. Ability to travel around geographical areas to meet the requirement of the post.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Problem solving skills