We have an opportunity for a part-time Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our stroke team at QEHB. Our service supports a wide range of patient from hyper-acute stroke to stroke rehabilitation. Our unit is a designated Hyper-acute Stroke Research Centre (HSRC) and supports patients from across the region. The stroke SLT team benefits from a team leader, 3 Specialist SLTs, a Band 5 SLT and an SLT assistant. The team works closely with the wider SLT team across many specialist areas.

Our SLTs benefit from a robust supervision structure alongside innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development being encouraged. You would be part of a well-established team which also benefits from SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services so opportunities to access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available.

QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population, treating over 2.8 million people every year.

The team offers:

* A full induction programme, robust supervision & peer support

* A wide range of opportunities for research and career development

* Access to videofluoroscopy & FEES

* Modern facilities with good transport links

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would be part of the acute stroke team serving a diverse clinical caseload at QEHB. You would work closely with the SLT Team Leaders, NQP Speech and Language Therapists and peer Specialist Speech and Language Therapy to provide an excellent level of care to our patient group.

The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing dysphagia and communication difficulties relating to the stroke caseload. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

*assessing and managing patients with swallowing and communication disorders on the acute stroke ward

*service development and audit

*working closely with the MDT

*training of junior colleagues and students

*working towards utilising specialist assessments such e.g. FEES, tracheostomy

*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. We would welcome a candidate who is has experience working with patients in the specialist areas but our supportive team will be willing to support your development.

At present, we have a voluntary weekend service in some clinical areas.

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.

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

• 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 / EDS Level 5 dysphagia competencies (or above).
• Completed RCSLT NQP competencies.

Desirable

• Advanced competencies such as tracheostomy, FEES or videofluoroscopy.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working independently with adult dysphagia caseload.
• Experience of working within an adult inpatient and/or outpatient setting.
• Experience working within stroke and/or relevant caseload.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant CEN.
• Experience supervising or training junior colleagues.
• Experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Keen to embrace change consistent with delivery of service whilst keeping the patient as an individual at the centre of care.
• Punctual and reliable in service delivery.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work weekends as part of a 7 day working pattern (when appropriate service delivery allows and commences).

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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