This is an exciting opportunity to join our brilliant team covering a maternity leave post.
The post holder will be joining the Specialist Medicine team. Providing a highly specialist service to patients at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust.
The team provide input into a wide range of specialties including Acute Medicine, Respiratory, Cancer Services, Surgical specialties and 'front door' services. You will be joining a large and supportive team of therapists, including 2 Clinical Specialist SLTs, supported by assistant SLT's. There is a FEES and videofluoroscopy service, and training to develop competencies in instrumental dysphagia assessment is available.
The team provides a service across both NUH's campuses: City and QMC. The team has very close links with the MDT and there are opportunities for service development and to enhance your leadership skills.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
The post holder will work alongside other Band 7 SLTs in the team and the Clinical Specialist SLT with designated responsibilities for team leadership and clinical care.
The post holder is responsible for providing a highly specialist SLT assessment, management and treatment programme to people with communication and swallowing difficulties.
The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical expertise, with experience working with a wide range of aetiologies and specialisms.
The post holder will provide day to day management of the service and provide high quality clinical supervision.
The post holder may also lead on strategic developments within their specialism, in liaison with their colleagues and service leads.
This is a full time post and is a fixed term post of 9 months. We will consider part time. This post gives the opportunity to develop leadership skills in a supported environment.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Service delivery
To work autonomously to provide a coordinated and highly specialist service to designated specialism within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context and inform and advise the service leads as to training, resources, trends and development needs
To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals ensuring management and treatment meets the holistic needs, providing a well co-ordinated care plan for specialism/setting
To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums
To represent speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs at agreed forums
To participate in multi- disciplinary projects as agreed.
Clinical Practice
To independently manage, triage and prioritise own complex caseload providing a highly specialist SLT assessment, formulation, diagnosis, intervention and advice based on evidence based practice
The post requires
Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree
HCPC and RCSLT registration
Evidence of appropriate CPD post qualifying.
Excellent IT skill
