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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
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MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* SLT degree
* HCPC registration
* Relevant post-grad study
Desirable criteria
* RCSLT membership
* CEN involvement
Experience
Essential criteria
* Complex dysphagia
* Instrumental clinics
* Service development
* Team working
* Delivery of high standard patient care
* Delivery of training/ teaching
Desirable criteria
* Range of settings
* Experience leading instrumental clinics
* Experience with complex caseload i.e. trache, vent, crit care
* Audit
* Research
Skills / knowledge
Essential criteria
* Advanced knowledge of dysphagia
* Resp, neuro and normal ageing
* Independent pt mgt
* VF comps
* Solid ethical decision making skills
* Complex discharge mgt
* MDT roles
Desirable criteria
* Airway mgt
* Complex caseload mgt
* FEES comps
Personal
Essential criteria
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Enthusiastic / positive attitude
* Able to motivate / lead by example
* Self insight
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Job Description (PDF, 200.4KB)
* Person Specification (PDF, 136.6KB)
* Functional Requirements (PDF, 928.2KB)
* Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)
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