Thank you for the best week SLT SWB - My learning included: Observing initial swallow assessments- Joint PT/OT/SLT rehab- FEES- Shadowing in A&E- ENT- Facial Rehab- EMST- AoS, dysarthria and aphasia reviews. I also loved teaching ward staff how to provide quality oral care 🤩😍

Great to have all our inpatient Specialist SLTs making great progress with their nasendoscopy skills as part of their FEES training. So lovely to see everyone buzzing and enjoying the shared new learning #upskilling #teamdevelopment SWB NHS Trust ibedsSWBH

Our Stroke services are expanding and we have 2 new Band 6 specialist stroke rehab posts out to advert. Great inpatient rehab MDT with our integrated community stroke services team and general community team bases on the same site for closer team working😊 shorturl.at/Ohr99

The team have been visiting our new Midland Metropolitan Hospital over the last couple of weeks as part of induction ahead of the move. Less than 3 weeks to go now until we're treating patients here! And only 8 weeks until our acute inpatient teams will be working on 1 site 😊

📣Calling all #SLTs Complete our retention survey to help us get a picture of the factors influencing job satisfaction and decisions around staying or leaving a particular role. 🔗surveymonkey.com/r/76YYRT8 #slpeeps #wespeechies #ahp

Exciting times ahead

Thank you Russells Hall Speech & Language Therapy Team - so lovely to have the support from neighbouring teams ❤️

🚨SLT Guidance - Neurodivergence in the wkplace Really important guidance for services to ensure that all staff can access the right support to enable them to flourish and grow Please share👇 Russells Hall Speech & Language Therapy Team Dudley Rehabilitation Service Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS)

Lovely place to have lunch in the Winter Garden after the first FEES Midland Metropolitan University Hospital with Ellie! SLT SWB #MySLTDay #MoreThanAHospital

Fab opportunity for anyone considering a Band 6 adult community SLT post. iCares@SWBH are a great integrated service to work in. Our community and inpatient SLT services are working closer together with combined VF clinics and joint CPD sessions so we learn together 😊

From the Aussie sun to Midland Met here in Smethwick, Camilla, is one of our new specialist speech and language therapists in Critical Care, whose job is to support patients with eating and drinking & communicating with their loved ones. #PeopleofSWB

Super proud of this team being shortlisted for Clinical Team of the Year 🥳 RCSLT 💙 ibedsSWBH

Proud to be a member of a fantastic team that continues to work incredibly hard for our people #goteamswbh

Massive congratulations to our own Michelle Kennedy for delivering a fab British Aphasiology Society masterclass today on 'Multilingual patients with aphasia: current research and how to apply it in practice'. Thoroughly interesting, inspiring and practical. SWB NHS Trust ibedsSWBH RCSLTLearn

Speech & language therapists (SLTs) are vital in addressing eating, drinking and swallowing (EDS) difficulties. SLTs work with a healthcare team to offer quality care. EDS problems may signal underlying issues, leading to severe health risks affecting individuals & their families

Super proud to have been nominated for Clinical Team of the Year. Such an amazing team who have accomplished so much. Huge congratulations to all the winners and other nominees at the star awards. It was a fab night. SWB NHS Trust ibedsSWBH RCSLT 💙

Excellent teaching session on oral suctioning by physio Liz Evans for our inpatient SLTs this morning. Risk assessment, setting up equipment, using equipment and best practice ✔️ our lovely physio colleagues will then assist with signing off our practical on the wards 😊 #MDT

Join us for our first webinar event 2 weeks from today! Including Introduction to EDAR and current legal standpoint, as well as case studies from across the pathway; you won’t want to miss it 👀🎉 Register below: we can’t wait to see you there! RCSLT 💙 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cd171a83…