Details
- Department: Speech and Language Therapy
- Salary range: £28,939 – £30,688 per annum
- Contract: Fixed term, one year maternity cover
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Location: Putney, Southwest London
About the role
We are looking for a Speech and Language Technical Instructor to join our team at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. The role involves working across specialist units including the Brain Injury Service, Neuro-behavioural Rehabilitation Unit, Ventilator Unit, Specialist Nursing Home and Huntington 2s Disease Unit. You will act as a support practitioner to the speech and language therapy service as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will prepare and administer therapeutic programmes for communication and swallowing difficulties under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists. You will also provide support during the weekly FEES clinic. This is an opportunity to gain clinical experience in adult neuro-rehabilitation and palliative care.
Responsibilities
- Act as a support practitioner to the speech and language therapy service as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Prepare and administer therapeutic programmes for communication and swallowing difficulties under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists.
- Provide support during the weekly FEES clinic.
- Work across specialist units including the Brain Injury Service, Neuro-behavioural Rehabilitation Unit, Ventilator Unit, Specialist Nursing Home and Huntington 2s Disease Unit.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Free counselling and therapy sessions and other mental wellbeing support through CIC Wellbeing
- On-site wellbeing programs, including weekly yoga and monthly pottery club
- Option to draw down a percentage of monthly wages early to help with unexpected costs
- Financial support services such as low-interest loans and help with savings accounts
- Wellbeing networks (Pride, Women s, and Race Equality) and heritage events to celebrate workforce diversity
- Free on-site parking
- Additional benefits: Cycle2Work, tech purchase support, Blue Light Card discounts, and more
Additional information
- Please note: to be eligible to apply, you must have the Right to Work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.
- RHN is a care provider for vulnerable patients; safeguarding patients is the highest priority.
- RHN is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and in the workplace.
- The RHN reserves the right to close this advert earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient response is received.
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