Band 3 Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust ,
London, Greater London
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JOB ADVERT Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Adult Services Band 3 Full-time 37.5 hours/week, Permanent We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to support our department of Speech & Language Therapists at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Our Trust is committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our hospitals and are looking for people who are committed to delivering excellent patient care. In turn, we value all of our staff and aim to provide rewarding careers and benefits, fulfilling work environments and exciting opportunities. Our large and friendly team of Speech and Language Therapists work with adult patients across Charing Cross, St Mary's and Hammersmith Hospital sites. This post, which is based predominantly on the Charing Cross hospital site but with some cross-site working to St Mary's, will assist the speech and language therapy (SLT) service in providing high quality clinical management to patients. Your work will be varied and busy and will include: * Providing efficient and quality administrative support to the SLT service e.g. typing, filing letters/reports, processing and organisation of outpatient referrals, maintaining the accuracy of patient databases. Please note that there will be periods where this represents a significant proportion of the daily workload. * Carrying out speech and language therapy programmes with inpatients as directed by a therapist. * Supporting the SLT team develop and create supportive materials for patient care. * Assisting the SLT team in the planning and delivery of specific training packages. You must have: * Good written and verbal communication skills in English, and the ability to adapt your communication to support others with communication difficulties * Good time management skills and prioritisation skills and the flexibility to respond to different demands each day * The ability to work well within a team * Computer literacy with evidence of Microsoft Office experience * Experience of working with people in an education, care, health or social care setting Interview date as the 24th of June but may have to do a second round on 1st July depending on the number of applicants. The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we receive 50 applications prior to the advertised closing date. "We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need" For further details / informal visits contact: For further information, please contact Jessica Gudenus-Oribe j.gudenus-oribe@nhs.net or Sarah Bennington sarah.bennington@nhs.net Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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