A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
The South West Cleft Service is a regional multidisciplinary team providing lifelong care to patients with cleft lip &/or palate, and those with velopharyngeal dysfunction. The speech team is made up of specialist therapists working at the surgical hub (Bristol) and link specialist therapists based around the region. The post holder will take a lead in developing the specialist SALT service across the south west.
The successful candidate will be an expert practitioner in cleft speech and language therapy working within the multidisciplinary team for cleft lip and palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction. The post holder will support the Lead Specialist Cleft SALT in all aspects of service delivery, deputising for the Lead in their absence.
The post holder will support the Lead Specialist Cleft SALT in all aspects of service delivery, deputising for the Lead in their absence. They will provide operational management and support to the specialist regional SALT team and work with the Lead to ensure optimal and equitable SALT cover is in place throughout the South West region.
In particular the post holder will take the clinical lead in developing and maintaining an integrated SALT pathways across the South West, ensuring the highest possible clinical standards are met, whilst also being responsible for their own highly complex caseload and for leading and developing a specialist area of service delivery.
The post holder will need considerable clinical experience working in the field of cleft lip and palate, have line management experience and experience in leading/participating in Quality Improvement initiatives ad research.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Jan 2025
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