Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Main area: Speech and Language Therapist
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Potential for 7 day working)
Job ref: 205-6709739-A
Site: Royal Stoke University Hospital
Town: Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: per annum
Closing: 18/11/2024 23:59
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly team at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).
A key component of this role is dysphagia and we are particularly interested in experienced Band 5’s who have completed their dysphagia competencies and are ready for career progression, less experienced Band 5’s who are in the process of completing their dysphagia competencies and want to embrace the opportunity to take a Band 5-6 progression role, or therapists who wish to return to practice and require support to complete their return to practice documentation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have clinical responsibilities within the acute Speech and Language Therapy team across all inpatient wards at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. They will manage a varied caseload of patients with communication difficulties and dysphagia arising from a wide range of aetiologies. The role provides the opportunity to work collaboratively with wider teams across a range of disciplines on the acute wards. Our combined goal is to provide an excellent standard of care across all pathways, with patient welfare being at the heart of everything we do.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached JD/PS. Key responsibilities as follows:
Person specification
Experience
* Assessment and management of patients with complex communication and swallowing disorders
* Experience working within a hospital setting.
* Working effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
* Post Graduate RCSLT accredited dysphagia course or equivalent
* Ability to prioritise a clinical caseload safely and to delegate to other members of the team appropriately
* Experience in instrumental assessment of dysphagia.
Qualifications
* Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
* Registration with HCPC
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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.
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