Job Overview Are you an experienced specialist or senior specialist speech and language therapist with an interest in stroke and neurology? Do you wish to use and develop your leadership skills? Do you have videofluoroscopy and/or FEES competencies? Are you passionate about continuous professional development? Due to changes in funding, we have an exciting new opening for a senior specialist SLT or developmental role for an experienced specialist SLT with a special interest in stroke and neurology on our newly designed and refurbished state of the art hyper acute stroke unit (HASU) and acute stroke unit (ASU). You would be encouraged to utilise and develop leadership skills within both the multidisciplinary team and supporting speech and language therapy colleagues on the unit and within the friendly and supportive team. Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Main duties of the job To undertake comprehensive specialist holistic assessment, diagnosis and management of acute acquired communication and swallowing impairments. Devise SMART goals for speech and language rehabilitation, working with Speech and Language therapy assistant to deliver person centred care. Close liaison and working with patients, families, MDT, community services and Early Supported Discharge team, representing speech and language therapy and advocating for our patients. Provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support within the SLT team as “senior of the day”. Providing line management and supervision to junior colleagues. Competencies in tracheostomy/videofluoroscopy/FEES are welcomed and there may be potential opportunities to undertake competencies in some of these. There will be opportunities for quality improvement projects and service development in this role. You will receive excellent CPD opportunities both in house and externally. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. 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Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Recognised qualification degree / equivalent in SLT HCPC registered Membership to Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy Desirable criteria Membership of appropriate clinical excellence network group(s) Experience Essential criteria Significant clinical experience in managing complex communication needs and dysphagia at specialist/highly specialist level which are neurological in origin Awareness of roles of other professionals involved in care of patients on caseload Experience of working in multidisciplinary / multiprofessional teams Experience in service development / quality improvement Delivering Practice Supervision Supervision of SLT students Desirable criteria Line management experience Experience of delivering clinical education in area of speciality Skills Essential criteria Ability to problem solve, negotiate, prioritize and delegate in order to manage time and resources effectively Desirable criteria Alternative and Augmentative Communication knowledge & skills Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now