Barts Health NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive SLT Team at the Royal London Hospital, a leading teaching hospital based in East London. If you want to develop your knowledge, skills and experience in acute hospital care then this post will offer excellent structured opportunities. You will join a supportive and dynamic team with great opportunities for developing specialist skills across the areas of:

Stroke

Neurosciences

General Medical & Surgical

The post-holder will be supported to work through the RCSLT NQP and dysphagia competencies frameworks as required. They will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with communication and swallowing impairments across acute inpatient and stroke wards with support. There will be opportunities to attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds, and to participate in delivery of teaching/training to other professionals.

To discuss this post further please ring or email:

Emily Talbot, Clinical Lead SLT on 020 359 41140

emily.talbot5@nhs.net

Anna Creagh Chapman, Clinical Lead on 020 359 41140

anna.creaghchapman@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a Speech & Language Therapist for acute inpatient services at the Royal London Hospital. The post holder will be part of a team providing specialist assessment and treatment to adults in the acute setting with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties. The post holder will be required to provide input along the various clinical pathways in the acute settings including neurosciences, health care of the elderly, general medicine, respiratory, trauma and Stroke Medicine. The post holder will work as part of the acute SLT team and wider MDT and will be supported and supervised by a Specialist SLT as well as the Clinical Lead SLT.

The post holder may be required to work at other Barts Health Hospital sites (St Bart's Hospital, Mile End Hospital, Newham University Hospital, Whipps Cross University Hospital).

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• oHealth Professions Council - Licence to Practice

Desirable

• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of working with adults with acquired communication / swallowing disorders. This can be from placement however, examples of development of core skills in this area must be demonstrated
• oExperience working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience working with clients from multicultural/lingual backgrounds and working with interpreters

Knowledge

Essential

• oKnowledge and demonstration of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to acquired communication/swallowing disorders in adults including aphasia, cognitive-communication disorder, apraxia, dysarthria, and dysphagia
• oKnowledge of national policies, procedures and current research relevant to adult neurology and acute medicine
• oKnowledge of cultural and linguistic issues in working with a multi-cultural caseload

Skills

Essential

• oDemonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• oAbility to work independently and to take initiative Good organisational skills
• oGood organisational skills
• oAbility to acknowledge need for, and seek support
• oAbility to prioritise workload demands
• oAwareness of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• oAwareness of the roles of other professionals
• oAwareness of standards of record keeping
• oBasic computer literacy skills
• oA commitment to professional development with awareness of developmental needs
• oA willingness to update skills regularly

Other

Essential

• oDemonstrates ability to be a good team member
• oAbility to contribute to student placements
• oExcellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• oGood presentation skills, both written and verbal
• oGood negotiation and problem solving skills

Desirable

• oExperience working with SLT assistants

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

The Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

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