Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Speech and Language Therapist
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We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist
About the Role
To join our growing Neonatal Speech and Language Therapy Service. This newly created permanent role presents a unique opportunity to help shape and develop an innovative and evolving service, making a meaningful difference to babies and their families at a crucial stage of their neonatal journey.
Responsibilities
- Working within our dedicated neonatal team, you will provide specialist assessment, intervention and support for infants with feeding, swallowing and early communication needs.
- You will play a key role in service development, quality improvement initiatives and collaborative multidisciplinary working across the neonatal pathway.
- Provide highly specialist assessment and management of neonates with feeding, swallowing and early communication needs within the neonatal and transitional care units.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions and develop individualised care plans to support infants and their families.
- Work autonomously and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, family-centred care.
- Provide specialist advice and consultation to healthcare professionals, parents and carers on neonatal feeding and dysphagia management.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly and compassionately to families and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to discharge planning, community referrals and seamless care pathways across neonatal services.
- Maintain specialist knowledge of neonatal feeding, swallowing and communication disorders, ensuring practice remains evidence based.
- Participate in audit, research, service evaluation and quality improvement activities to support service development and patient outcomes.
- Provide teaching, training, supervision and support to colleagues, students and other healthcare professionals.
- Maintain accurate clinical records, outcome measures and reports in line with Trust, HCPC and RCSLT standards.
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About You
If you are passionate about neonatal care, eager to influence service development and committed to delivering outstanding family-centred care, we would love to hear from you.
Working for Us
This role forms part of a significant investment in neonatal speech and language therapy services. You will work alongside an experienced Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist and be supported by a skilled, welcoming and highly collaborative neonatal multidisciplinary team. Strong links with the regional neonatal network provide excellent opportunities for professional development, peer support, shared learning and service innovation.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN)
Brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
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Application Process
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sindhu Sajan
- Job title: Matron for Neonates
- Email address: sindhu.sajan1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01536492883
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