Speech and Language Therapy Clinic Practice Educator at Plymouth Marjon University

Who we’re looking for:

We are looking for an experienced colleague to join the team delivering excellent speech and language therapy (SLT) provision and student placements at the Marjon speech and language therapy clinic. The successful candidate will be an HCPC/RCSLT registered speech and language therapist with at least 2 years of clinical experience.  

What you’d be doing:

The successful candidate will be an HCPC/RCSLT registered SLT with at least 2 years of clinical experience working with an adult and/or paediatric caseload. The post-holder will work with the SLT Clinic team to develop and deliver a high-quality clinical placement experience to SLT students at Marjon and excellent SLT provision for clinic clients.

The post-holder will help organise student placement activity to include teletherapy, simulated learning, and clinic-based and community-based appointments for a range of clients.

It is expected that the post holder will be an experienced practitioner who has remained up to date with the profession by engaging in continuing professional development and is currently or recently practising. 

You’ll need to enjoy:

• Thinking creatively,
• Communicating with others (in person, over the phone or by email),
• Providing excellent customer service,
• Quickly building rapport with colleagues, clients and students.
• Working to your values: we care about how people behave as well as what they achieve.

Where you’ll work:

In this role, you’ll be based in the SLT team, on our green campus in the north of Plymouth.

In order to be successful in this role, you will be required to work on site.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dr Julia Stewart, BSc SLT Programme Lead and Associate Director of the School of Sport, Health & Wellbeing on jstewart@marjon.ac.uk  or Dr Caroline Law, Associate Professor and Clinic Manager claw@marjon.ac.uk 

Supporting our people:

At Marjon, we are firmly committed to supporting every member of staff who works for us. Our Balance programme of health and wellbeing activities aims to help you to look after your physical health, nutritional health, mental health and social health.

We’re big believers in the importance of work/life balance. Many of our employees work flexibly and they are able to apply for parental leave and time off for dependants. To view the range of benefits we offer, please click here.

We are keen to hear from a diverse range of applicants to support our goal to realise every individual’s potential. We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’: candidates who declare a disability and who demonstrate on their application that they meet the essential criteria will be included on the shortlist. If you are considering relocating, you can read more about Plymouth here.

Closing date: Sunday 06 August 2023 (at 11:59pm)

Interview date: Monday 14 August 2023