Advanced Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hull and East Yorkshire is seeking a skilled speech and language therapist to lead their voice service and support a dysphagia caseload. This role demands excellent communication skills and a commitment to staff development. The successful candidate will be involved in clinical supervision and enhancing service delivery and patient care, offering a minimum of 22.5 hours per week with the option for full-time hours.

Benefits

CPD and training opportunities

Flexible and mobile working

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Must hold a current HCPC professional registration.
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant field is preferred.
• Experience in supervising other SLTs, assistants, and students is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide speech and language therapy across community settings.
• Lead on voice service within the therapy team.
• Support development and supervision of junior staff.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership

Supervision experience

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Current HCPC professional registration

Current RCSLT membership

Post graduate qualification in Dysphagia

Completion of training to be a certified LSVT clinician

Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Are you an experienced speech and language therapist working with an adult voice and dysphagia caseload who would like to take the next step in your career and lead on our voice service within our forward thinking and friendly community Speech and Language Therapy Service?

On our most recent colleague survey 100% of our team would recommend CHCP CIC as a place to work and believe it takes a positive approach to health and wellbeing.

We are looking for a therapist with excellent communication skills who would like to further progress their knowledge with a voice and dysphagia caseload.

The post is for a minimum of 3 days (22.5) hours a week with the option for up to full time hours supporting the wider service dysphagia caseload.

Main duties of the job

Our team works across Hull and East Yorkshire providing adult speech and language therapy across a number of community settings including community inpatient units, specialist multi disciplinary stroke services, community clinics and domiciliary visits.

We also run a regular community videofluoroscopy clinic in conjunction with the local hospital trust. You will be well supported by the SLT service leads and through peer support from our other band 7 staff working within the team.

We are fully committed to staff development and a robust supervision and appraisal framework in place. CHCP is committed to providing excellent CPD and training opportunities and you will be supported in accessing external specialist clinical supervision as required. Staff are also provided with the necessary information technology to enable flexible and mobile working.

The successful candidate should be passionate about supporting students and junior staff in developing their skills in your specialist area.

About us

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Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for full details on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current HCPC professional registration
• Current RCSLT membership
• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Post graduate qualification and / or evidence of competence at the enhanced/ highly specialist level of RCSLT Dysphagia competency framework
• Educated to Masters Level or Masters level/ Post Graduate modules supplemented by specialist accredited training and experience in assessment and management of voice
• Completion of Videofluoroscopy competencies which may include MBSimp training
• Completion of training to be a certified LSVT clinician
• Teaching qualification or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area of voice and ENT dysphagia.
• An advanced understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area .
• Evidence of undertaking audits/surveys
• Basic IT skills
• Member of specialist interest group/network, regionally or nationally
• Good working knowledge of relevant IT systems to own area of work

Experience

• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to Enhanced/ advanced level e.g. Masters/post-graduate diploma and equivalent knowledge /experiential learning or willing to work towards this as part of the development agreement
• Evidence of Enhanced to Advanced practice skills in voice and dysphagia management and the ability to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development will be gained as part of the development agreement
• Evidence of independent caseload management within specialist area including referral management and ability to prioritise and triage referrals.
• Experience in supervising other SLTs, assistants and students including supporting therapists through NQP and dysphagia competencies
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice will be developed as part of the development agreement
• Professional networking regionally and nationally
• Be able to effectively Chair meetings
• A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
• Ability to work across team/organisational boundaries developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
• Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing

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.