ALD Speech & Language Therapist @northumbriaNHS 🗣️ Lover of the outdoors 🏔🌳@SheffHallamEng & @SLSncl alumni 🎓 Sibling carer 👩🏻🤝👩🏼All views my own
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Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
This week we have been collaborating with the wider MDT to bring festive cheer to stroke rehabilitation! 🎄✨ Creative, engaging activities are making therapy both effective and enjoyable for our patients. Rehabilitation with a holiday twist! #StrokeRehab 🎄
🎄🎅🏻 Festive fun on F8 Ward.
Our stroke rehab team have kicked off their Christmas-themed activities this week, including baking, a quiz, and decorating the therapy gym! 🍪❓✨
A big thank you to @SHCharity for supporting this, as it makes a big difference for our patients 🙌🏻
ALT UHS stroke rehab staff doing Christmas-themed activities with patients.
ALT UHS stroke rehab staff doing Christmas-themed activities with patients.
ALT UHS stroke rehab staff doing Christmas-themed activities with patients.
ALT UHS stroke rehab staff doing Christmas-themed activities with patients.
Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
4 weeks today MPs vote whether to progress with legalising medically assisted suicide in England & Wales.
I made this documentary with @BBC @OpenUniversity @_BurningBright_ to explain why me & many other disabled people are opposed.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
Thanks for sharing, watching & commenting on my @BBC documentary Better Off Dead? explaining why me & many other disabled people oppose assisted suicide from a disability rights & not a religious perspective
The @openuniversity supported the making of it
connect.open.ac.uk/health-we…
Bit of a full circle ⭕️ moment this week as I’m up in Sheffield for my dysphagia course, 5 years after graduating from @SheffHallamEng, unsure what the future held. So much love for this city ♥️ #mysltday
Very pleased to have all my NQP competencies signed off today 🎉 Just in time to start my dysphagia training in September 👄🥣
Enjoyed joining in with @RockingAphasia this morning…I left mine somewhere in the hospital…🚲
🗣️ This week our Stroke rehab ward’s communication group theme was #rockingaphasia and we had some brilliant designs! We will be continuing throughout #AphasiaAwarenessMonth & hopefully involving our PT & OT colleagues
Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
🔔 B7 Neonates maternity cover opportunity‼️ A fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic & experienced SLT, passionate about working neonates & their families: tinyurl.com/5yhh3kxh
@NeoSLTCEN @UHS_Neonates
@UHS_Paeds_SLT @ReneeSLT @RCSLT
Closing date: 24th June 2024
Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
🔔 We have a great opportunity for an experienced SLT in our @UHS_Paeds_SLT team for a B7 Paeds ENT & Respiratory SLT: tinyurl.com/bdd8hpcz
Closing date: 24th June 2024
@UHS_Jobs @UHSFT @LondonPDCEN @RCSLT @SotonChildHosp
Current post holder Emma on why to apply:
Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
📢 NQPs
How are you keeping track of your dysphagia competencies? I'm starting shadowing and I want to keep a clear log of what I have done. Any handy spreadsheet, ways of noting what I have done quickly while on the wards? #dysphagia #NQP #SALT
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The RCSLT has formally responded to the consultation on a possible separate pay scale for nursing with a resounding ‘no’. Find out more about how we've responded: rcslt.org/news/rcslt-respons…
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Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
An exciting opportunity to work with a large acute SLT team is LIVE! A rewarding job working with fantastic people at UHS! Band 8a SLT Operational Lead role (0.8 wte).
Click on the link below for more details: careers.uhs.nhs.uk/Current-j…
Closing date: 30th April 2024
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Adult siblings – did you know the Carers Leave Act comes into force on Saturday 6th April. Read more about how this could benefit you here sibs.org.uk/carersleaveact
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Today we kicked off Nutrition & Hydration Week 2024 with Mouthcare Monday 👄 🦷 🪥 👅 Some of the team took to the wards to spread the word on why #mouthcarematters @UHSHCSAHP @UHS_Dietitians @UHSFT @RCSLT #nutritionandhydrationweek2024
OTW was one of the highlights of my Easter holidays as a child - get in contact with @OVERTHEWALLCamp if you know any siblings who are eligible
Our friends @OVERTHEWALLCamp have places available at their sibling camp 8th - 12th April in Dorset. This is for siblings of a child with a health challenge aged aged 8-17 years. (Transport available) Get in touch at [email protected]
Felicity Gibbons (she/her) retweeted
A sneak peak of our new monthly #CPD newsletter collated by @Sophie_R54 and distributed to our #SLT team to highlight learning opportunities advertised on social media & SLT stories from the news. Interested to hear how other teams identify CPD opportunities! @UHSHCSAHP @UHSFT
Really enjoyed delivering part of this on Thursday. 🗣️ It was also interesting hearing from one of my colleagues who attended @AcquireSLT’s training on global aphasia last year, which I think will be particularly useful for my upcoming stroke rotation 🧠
Our brilliant Band 5’s & SLTA delivered our January #CPD session yesterday all about #communication. We explored assessments, strategies for working with cog-comm patients & innovative therapy approaches for global aphasia, plus heard about our fab stroke communication groups 🗣️
🗣 Advocating for patients: It’s easy to feel undervalued as an #SLT when bed pressures and waiting lists are ever-looming. Being able to advocate for patients & empowering them to advocate for themselves is probably the most rewarding part of my job, which I hadn't anticipated.