Clinical Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, with a special interest in acute medicine. The post holder will work with the wider multi-disciplinary teams focusing on patients who are at risk of deconditioning and frailty. The post holder will support our team looking at how we as a service can support flow through the acute hospital, building links into the community. The post holder will be well supported joining a team of clinical specialist and operational leads. This is a permanent part-time (3 days a week) band 8a post working within a large acute SLT department in a large teaching hospital.
The post holder will be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the SLT service in close collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues within the service.
This will include taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have highly complex needs, determine clinical diagnosis and SLT treatment indicated. This post offers the opportunity to use and further develop skills in the use of instrumental assessments.
The post holder will be able to influence the scope and development of this post. There is support from within Speech and Language Therapy and the wider Therapies directorate and plenty of leadership development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work alongside the senior SLT leadership team to influence the strategy of how we deliver our services. The post holder will work within the Specialist Medicine and Dementia SLT team. They will provide clinical leadership to the SLTs in that team and across the broader SLT service. They will support the operational lead with the delivery of the service and a key role will be scoping out the future needs of the service.
Applicants should have excellent organisation skills and be able to manage a caseload and set priorities. They will provide supervision and second opinions to less experienced members of staff. They will work closely with the multi-professional teams at NUH. They should have advanced skills working with swallowing and communication difficulties.
They will need excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive team.
We would like the post holder to take part and support service improvements, audits and research projects. We are looking for an SLT who is enthusiastic, motivated, able to evidence continuing professional development and keen to develop themselves and others.
Job responsibilities
Please familiarise yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
* Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification
* Registered with HCPC and RCSLT
* Recognised post-graduate training relevant to specialty preferably including research skills to a Master's level.
* Knowledge of National, Trust and Departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.
Experience
* Require highly advanced / theoretical / practical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in field of communication and swallowing.
* Significant experience working with complex patients across a range of specialities within these specialities.
* Experience of measuring outcomes, audit, service evaluation and improvement.
* Experience of supporting less experienced staff within this range of specialties.
* Videofluoroscopy trained.
* FEES trained.
* Require highly advanced / theoretical / practical knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in field of tracheostomy management.
Other
* Full driving licence and car insured for business purposes.
* Knowledge of ICT applications clinical and non-clinical.
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Able to communicate highly complex information effectively, in writing and verbally, including sensitive information.
* Able to motivate, train and teach own and other disciplines of staff, individually and in groups.
* Able to influence senior medical consultants, GPs and commissioners.
* Able to persuade, negotiate, take and give feedback tactfully and diplomatically.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Ability to analyse, interpret and compare information.
* Demonstrated high level clinical reasoning skills, providing second opinions.
* Able to critically appraise research literature and implement evidence-based practice.
* Provide critical evaluation of service delivery and facilitate change.
Planning and Organisation
* Able to plan and prioritise own workload by using planning, organisational and time management.
* Demonstrated ability to work within the MDT, interdisciplinary working.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Depending on experience £47,126-£53,219 per annum.
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