Would you like to provide Speech and Language Therapy to people with swallowing and communication difficulties? Would you like experience in leading a team? Due to maternity leave we have an opportunity for you to be an integral part of an established outpatient SLT team.

We have a large yet close-knit, highly skilled team who contribute to our robust supervision structure Innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development are actively encouraged. We have well-established SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services so opportunities to access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available.

The team offers:

* A full induction programme, robust supervision, regular team meetings & peer support

* A wide range of opportunities for career development

* Access to instrumental assessment and management modalities

* Modern facilities with good transport links

The successful candidate would work within the Speech and Language Therapy outpatient team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload.

We would welcome interested candidates to get in touch for an informal discussion. Please contact Stef Matthews (Professional Lead) via stefanie.matthews@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 3483.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing swallowing and communication disorders for patients within neurology, neurosurgery, respiratory, medicine and specialist surgery caseloads. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

*assessing and managing patients with communication and swallowing disorders in an outpatient setting, including specialist clinics

*work as an integral part of specialist MDT clinics

*service development and audit

*training of junior colleagues and students

*working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment

We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A good standard of secondary education including A-Level or equivalent.
• BSc or recognised MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Membership of RCSLT.
• Registration with HCPC.
• Completed RCSLT Level C/Level 5 EDS dysphagia competencies (or above).

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of working independently with adult dysphagia caseload at a specialist level
• Significant experience of working with neurology caseload
• Significant experience of working independently within an outpatient setting
• Significant experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Significant post-graduate training, through attendance at short courses and/or via personal study.
• Evidence of attendance at national conferences or similar.
• Demonstration of people management at either an individual or team level.
• Experience of training Speech and Language Therapy undergraduates and junior SLTs.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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