Are you passionate about delivering outstanding speech and language therapy care in the acute hospital setting? Are you keen to help lead a team of specialist SLT's and work collaboratively within wider MDT settings? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is a great place to work offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. The trust is based in the vibrant city of Birmingham, now covering four busy hospital sites and a community service.

Due to internal reconfiguration we have an exciting opportunity at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to appoint a Band 7 Speech & Language Therapist to join our dynamic and expanding Speech & Language Therapy team. Full-time and part-time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements.

We'd love to hear from you for an informal chat or visit to the department. For any further information, please contact:

Asfa Bashir -- Clinical Team Lead for Speech and Language Therapy 0121 424 0432 asfa.bashir@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

You should be able to work as a highly specialist, autonomous practitioner within the field of stroke / rehabilitation and conditions impacting communication and swallowing. Alongside this you will provide direct line management to the team. Evidence of strong organisational, communication and leadership skills are essential to compliment your advanced speech and language therapy knowledge and skills. You should be passionate about providing effective patient centered care, as well highly enthusiastic about service development of stroke services.

This is a new exciting opportunity to work within the friendly and supportive Adult Speech and Language Therapy service, assisting in the lead of the stroke SLT services based at Birmingham Heartlands and Good Hope Hospital. This post will be supporting the restoration and recovery of the clinical stroke pathway following the pandemic, including ESD service. You will be welcomed into a large and supportive therapy team with excellent training and development opportunities as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system. You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist staff and have access to regular videofluoroscopy & FEES clinics.

This post includes participation in the weekend service for inpatients across Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals

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

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• *Health Professions Council -- Licence to Practice
• *Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• *Evidence of relevant postgraduate training in specialist area

Desirable

• *Leadership training
• *Postgraduate advanced accredited dysphagia training

Experience

Essential

• *Relevant postgraduate experience in key specialist area's relevant to the post
• *Experience of management of adults with complex swallowing / communication needs
• *Experience of involvement in VF / FEES clinic
• *Experience of SLT students at clinical tutor and supervisor levels
• *Experience of leading audit
• *Experience of training staff groups at all levels
• *Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi-disciplinary teams and across agencies

Desirable

• *Experience of staff management
• *Experience of conducting or being involved in research in the specialist area

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Advanced knowledge of assessment tools and a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
• *Advanced knowledge of trends and best practice in the clinical specialism
• *Good working knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) and their implications for SLT
• *Competence in the facilitation of mental capacity decision making
• *Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• *Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
• *Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors influencing service
• *Basic knowledge of IT
• *Good negotiation and influencing Skills
• *Excellent problem-solving skills
• *Excellent analytical and reflection skills
• *Excellent organisational skills and prioritisation skills
• *Ability to work through interpreters to gain information on communication impairment/ability
• *Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and function effectively in the multidisciplinary team, leading where appropriate
• *Demonstrates ability to be a good team leader
• *Able to judge limits of skills/competence and recognise professional boundaries
• *Supportive to other staff
• *Excellent interpersonal skills
• *Car driver. Able to meet the travel requirements of the position
• *Flexible to work between sites
• *Participation in 7 day working

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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