We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Regional Major Trauma Rehabilitation Service (MTRS). MTRS operates through a rehabilitation hub providing multi-disciplinary, coordinated, specialist acute trauma rehabilitation to in-patients and out-patient follow up.
* Interview Date: 3rd February 2025
* 22 hours 30 minutes/week
* You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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Main duties of the job
The caseload requires skills in managing a broad range of acquired speech, language communication and swallowing disorders across young and older adults. The post demands effective multidisciplinary team working and key-working patients on the Major Trauma Rehabilitation Unit. We are looking for someone with established post basic dysphagia skills, experience with communication disorders in an acute setting and who enjoys a varied caseload. The successful candidate will be a member of the supportive MTRS multidisciplinary team and a member of the Adult Speech & Language Therapy Team for ongoing clinical supervision. There are highly qualified specialists in both areas to provide support and encouragement for professional development. We are a research active team.
Job responsibilities
* To be the joint Lead SLT for The Trauma Rehabilitation Unit for Newcastle Hospitals Trust
* To provide highly specialist SLT interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team for trauma
* The Major Trauma Rehabilitation Service (MTRS) has a 10 bedded unit for regional patients requiring trauma rehabilitation at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
* The Major Trauma rehabilitation service (MTRS) will operate through a rehabilitation hub arrangement to provide multi-disciplinary, coordinated, specialist assessment, acute trauma rehabilitation and community patient/family information and signposting which will be based on the goals identified by the patient and their carers.
* The MRTS will offer outreach advice, support, and review in some circumstances, to local hospitals and community services across the patient pathway to optimise repatriation and hospital discharge.
* MTRS will contribute to appropriate interim reviews i.e. weekly, 6 weekly, 6 monthly and annual review processes for all patients known to the specialist rehab team
* The service is required to cover 8am 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am 4pm at weekends. It is anticipated occasionally patients and families will require access to SLT in the evenings and at weekends.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
* Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
* Dysphagia training to intermediate level
* Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses - MSc equivalent
Desirable
* MSc in relevant advanced clinical practice
Experience and knowledge
Essential
* Substantial experience working with patients with acquired neurological disorders in an acute setting
* Substantial experience working with trauma
* Substantial experience working with elderly
* Multidisciplinary team experience
* Experience in supervising more junior staff
* Experience in teaching other professionals
* Experience in supervising students
* Experience of audit
Desirable
* Research experience
Skills and abilities
Essential
* Well established procedures of managing complex acquired communication disorders
* Dysphagia skills at intermediate level
* Established skills in assessing appropriateness of communication aids and on-going development and implementation of high and low technical alternative communication devises
* Excellent clinical supervision skills
* Excellent communication
* Excellent teaching and presentation skills
* Excellent computer skills
* Excellent auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
Desirable
* Project evaluation skills
Employer details
Employer name
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Victoria Infirmary
317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
NE1 4LP
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