Acute Inpatient Speech & Language Therapist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time (37.5 hours per week), fixed-term (12 months) Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Acute General Medicine inpatient team at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

The post covers a staff member on secondment and involves working with Elderly Care, Respiratory, Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Surgery, plus FEES and VFSS services.

Qualifications

• Specialist clinical skills to identify, assess, diagnose and manage a specialist caseload of adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders.
• Ability to select appropriate intervention for evidence-based therapy.
• Make independent decisions about caseload management.
• Contribute to audit and service development projects in this clinical area and the wider department.
• Independently receive and provide supervision for students on placement.

Responsibilities

• Use specialist clinical skills to identify, assess, diagnose and manage a specialist caseload of adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders across a complex general medical caseload.
• Select the appropriate intervention for effective, evidence-based therapy.
• Make independent decisions about caseload management.
• Contribute to audit and service development projects in this clinical area and the wider department.
• Independently receive and provide supervision for students on placement
• Provide necessary cover for the caseloads of other Speech and Language Therapists within the Trust during periods of annual / sick leave, this includes cover at Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Skills

Specialist clinical skills

Caseload management

Independent decision making

Education and supervision

Job description

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time (37.5 hours per week), fixed-term (12 months) Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Acute General Medicine inpatient team at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

The post covers a staff member on secondment and involves working with Elderly Care, Respiratory, Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Surgery, plus FEES and VFSS services.