Role Summary
Recently qualified or soon to be? Considering returning to practice? We’ve got you. We offer fantastic preceptorship programmes, clinical supervision, opportunities to learn specialist skills, funded training and development and rotations in most areas. All of this in an amazing NHS Trust that values and cares for its people.
About the Role
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More detail about the role
As an adult speech and language therapist at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you’ll be gaining experience on rotation across our stroke service which includes neuro rehab, acute stroke and early supported discharge. Your role will also cover general medical wards and our emergency department teams. This will involve both completing assessment, treatment and advice to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties.
Your team, as well as our award-winning practice educators, will be on hand to support and guide you with your RCSLT NQP competencies and your progression as a qualified SLT. As well as provide opportunities for shadowing in specialist clinics for voice and head & neck to ensure you gain broad experience for your professional and career development.
New ideas and ways or working are something we embrace at the Royal Devon and you’ll have the opportunity to develop the service, education programmes and research as part of your role.
Supporting you. Our Preceptorship Programme has been developed to support the preceptee during their transition from student to newly registered practitioner. It incorporates a buddy system which was nominated for a National Award. Overall the 12-month programme aims to be supportive and to facilitate the further development of professional knowledge, skills and values.
Training and development opportunities are in high supply here, whether you are interested in clinical or leadership development courses we'll support you in finding the best way to grow. We actively encourage CPD and you will have an opportunity to spend time with our range of specialists as part of your CPD.
Innovation is central to therapies at the Royal Devon, demonstrated by the implementation of several new initiatives and the development of non-traditional roles in recent years including a Research and Innovation Lead. We are not afraid of adopting new techniques.
Working Pattern: A healthy work-life balance is essential, and North Devon is a great place to enjoy it. This role is full-time (37.5hrs per week), Monday to Friday. We have a flexible working policy that we are happy to discuss varying your hours to ones which work for you and the department.
Interview Date: 20th March 2023
Informal enquiries are welcome to Kim Border in the Speech and Language Therapy Department at North Devon District Hospital – 01271 322388.
A relocation package is available for this post if required.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
