Bank Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Adult Acquired Conditions)

About the role

NHS Western Isles is recruiting an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join its staff bank and work alongside the team at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway, Lewis, as and when needed. The post is a bank position in the Speech and Language Therapy department, Band 7, with a salary of £52,845 to £61,466 per annum pro rata, plus a distant islands allowance of £1,461 pro rata.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver on-island, in-person services to adults with acquired disorders of communication and swallowing across acute, outpatient and community settings.
• Provide speech and language rehabilitation and specialist augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for adults with long-term and progressive communication disorders.
• Manage an adult neuro caseload independently.
• Perform home visits in remote and rural locations where public transport is limited, so a car driver is required.

Required profile

• Experience independently managing an adult neuro caseload.
• Ideally, experience performing, analysing and interpreting videofluoroscopy swallowing studies.
• Experience delivering speech and language rehabilitation and specialist AAC interventions for adults with long-term and progressive communication disorders.
• Full dysphagia training.
• Ability to register with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme; the post is not eligible for relocation expenses.