Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a clinical specialist speech and language therapist to lead our well-established and highly reputed upper airway service at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
This post sits in the Adult Lung therapy team (within Rehab and Therapies (R&T) and Heart Lung and Critical Care (HLCC) clinical group). It is based in the asthma and allergy service, overseeing service delivery to patients with breathing, voice and sensory changes, secondary to laryngeal dysfunction. The typical caseload includes assessing and managing ILO, chronic refractory cough, laryngeal hypersensitivity, and related voice and swallowing difficulties.
A core component of our service is the continuous laryngoscopy during provocation (CLP) clinic, which you will lead. The successful applicant should have significant experience in performing and interpreting laryngoscopies autonomously, often in challenging cases, to achieve accurate upper airway diagnoses and to aid in therapy progress. A laryngoscopy examination will typically form part of the interview process.
You will manage two upper airway speech and language therapists (Bands 5 and 6) and be a key member of the upper airway multidisciplinary team. Clinical development and supervision is provided by the wider SLT team across GSTT, and the asthma and allergy service. You will be expected to further our reputation as a leading centre for the treatment of upper airway disorders.
Main duties of the job
As the clinical specialist SLT in the upper airway (UA) service at RBH, they will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the UA SLT service ensuring the appropriate development of services in conjunction with relevant therapy and medical consultant leads and the Associate Director.
They will line manage and support the clinical development of the B5/6 SLTs. They will be jointly responsible for service planning related to speech and language services, deputising for the cross-site clinical lead SLT as required. They will maintain links and align services with Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals as well as establishing strong links with other UA services nationally.
The post holder will demonstrate a passion for service improvement/ development, evidenced by previous successful completion and implementation of QI projects. An interest in research and developing a culture of research and improvement within SLT and the MDT is desirable.
The post holder will practice clinically undertaking regular outpatient clinics including the provision of diagnostic laryngoscopy. They will play a major part in the governance and quality of the service delivery in conjunction with the Associate Director, divisional clinical and consultant staff.
The job plan for this post will be split 75% clinical and 25% supporting professional activities (SPA) including service management, research and service improvement. This may need to be flexible dependent on caseload and service priorities.
Working for our organisation
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
2. Policy development
3. Service development
4. People management
5. Communication
6. Resource management
7. Information management
Please see job description for full details.
Person specification
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
* Degree accredited by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
* Registration with RCSLT and HCPC
* Advanced qualification and/or evidence of CPD in voice/ upper airway disorders
* Advanced qualification and/or evidence of CPD in endoscopic evaluation of the larynx
* Post-graduate qualification or completion of short courses in clinical, management or leadership skills equivalent to MSc, PgDip or PgCert level
* Post-graduate qualification or completion of short courses in working psychologically with UA and voice disorders
EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
* Recent significant experience working patients with upper airway and laryngeal dysfunction including chronic cough, ILO and vocal cord injury
* Clinical experience to include: respiratory conditions, laryngeal dysfunction, management of voice disorders
* Significant experience in a multidisciplinary voice clinic
* Level 2 endoscopist (EEL/ FEES framework)
* significant experience in a team/ service or professional leadership position
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of completion of training in laryngeal palpation and laryngeal manual therapy
* Contributing to national professional networks, policies and documents
* Level 3 endoscopist (EEL/ FEES framework)
* Evidence of completion of training in research and/or QI methodologies
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Essential criteria
* Ability to analyse data and make appropriate clinical decisions following specialist assessment
* Demonstrates skills in dealing with complex issues and able to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management
* Evidence of teaching at external courses/conferences
* Demonstrates skills in dealing with complex issues and able to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of facilitating learning and teaching at undergraduate or postgraduate levels
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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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
* SLT UA 8a JD (PDF, 344.4KB)
* SLT UA 8a PS (PDF, 248.4KB)
* 8a Adult Clinical Lead SLT JD/PS (PDF, 376.6KB)
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