Job overview

Are you a newly or recently qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking to join a supportive and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy team? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join the SLT inpatient team based at East Surrey Hospital. The post will be rotational across the Acute Medical/Surgical wards and Hyper Acute/ Acute Stroke Unit. 

The successful candidate should be interested in developing their skills with an adult inpatient caseload. You will have the opportunity to develop skills across a wide range of clinical specialisms, and will be supported to manage a caseload of patients with communication and swallowing disorders independently. You will also be supported to complete dysphagia competencies as required.

You  will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will have excellent communication and prioritisation skills. You will be passionate about delivering person-centered and evidence based care.

There will be opportunities to to contribute to training and support of Speech and Language Therapy assistants,and colleagues within the wider hospital, where appropriate

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey