Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Outpatients/Voice)
Requirements
Candidates must have a BSc or recognized MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy, along with membership of RCSLT and registration with HCPC. Experience in managing adult dysphagia and working in an outpatient setting is essential.
Job Description
Would you like to provide Speech and Language Therapy to people with swallowing, voice and communication difficulties?
Due to new funding and internal promotion, we have an opportunity for you to be an integral part of an established outpatient SLT team at
the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The successful candidate would provide outpatient Speech and Language Therapy to a range of patients with neurological, voice, respiratory and medical diagnoses for swallowing, voice and communication.
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, FEES and SVR 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 including research
- Access to videofluoroscopy, FEES, SVR and specialist voice clinics
- Opportunities to develop your strategic and leadership skills
- Modern facilities with good transport links
- A dedicated SLT well-being team
This role is based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The successful candidate would work within the Speech and Language Therapy outpatient team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload including voice, swallowing and communication disorders and will have close working relationships with ENT, dietetics, Clinical Nurse Specialists and other AHPs.
We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential. Each team has a team leader, peer specialist SLTs, NQP SLTs and SLTAs who are all supported by Clinical Leads, a Professional Lead and a Consultant SLT. 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.
Your Responsibilities Will Include, But Not Be Limited To
- assessing and managing patients with voice, communication and swallowing disorders in an outpatient setting, including specialist clinics
- involvement in service development and audit
- training of junior colleagues and students
- working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*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 outpatient setting.
Experience working within voice and/or relevant caseload.
Desirable
Experience of working within an adult outpatient setting.
Membership of a relevant CEN.
Experience supervising or training junior colleagues.
Experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Experience of data collection
Additional Criteria
Essential
In depth theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment and management of dysphagia, dysarthria, dyspraxia and dysphonia and dysphasia.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information effectively and an awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills.
Excellent skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving skills with patients, colleagues in the department, the MDT and other professionals.
Effective communication skills with people who have significant and complex communication and or swallowing difficulties.
Well-developed perceptual and auditory skills.
Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise verbal information in a clinical environment.
Systematic and organised.
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).
Desirable
In depth theoretical and practical knowledge of treatment and management of patients with co-morbidities and long term progressive conditions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Stefanie Smith
stefanie.smith@uhb.nhs.uk
01213713483
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1101160
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
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About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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