Advanced Speech & Language Therapist

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dynamic Speech and Language Therapist to join a forward-thinking healthcare team. This full-time role offers a unique chance to enhance your clinical leadership skills while working with patients facing communication and swallowing challenges. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team, contributing to patient assessments and rehabilitation plans. This role not only supports your professional growth but also allows you to make a significant impact on the lives of patients in need of specialized care. Join a respected institution known for its commitment to diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will be valued and recognized.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge in communication and swallowing disorders is essential.
• Experience managing complex cases and working in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide Speech and Language Therapy to patients with communication and swallowing difficulties.
• Support goal-planning and discharge planning for specialized rehabilitation patients.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication disorders assessment

Swallowing disorders management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Goal planning

Education

UK Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Masters qualification in relevant area

Post Graduate RCSLT accredited dysphagia course

Tools

RCSLT FEES competency framework

RCSLT tracheostomy competency framework

RCSLT VF competency framework

Job description

Main area Band 7 Secondment Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 7 Contract Secondment: 9 months Hours Full time Job ref 205-7050685

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Stoke University Hospital Town Stoke on Trent Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/03/2025 23:59

Advanced Speech & Language Therapist

Band 7

Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly team on ARTU as a part of the wider Speech & Language Therapy team at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).

The post is a 9 month secondment opportunity and would provide an ideal supported opportunity for someone ready to develop their clinical leadership skills and expand their clinical practice in rehabilitation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing Speech and Language Therapy to patients on the Acute Rehabilitation and Trauma Unit (ARTU) at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. This is a dynamic post that requires the post holder to work closely with the multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment and rehabilitation for patients with a range of communication and swallowing difficulties and addressing a range of care/support issues across a spectrum of conditions, including acquired brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and other polytrauma injuries. The role also includes patients with tracheostomies and specialised rehabilitation needs.

The postholder will support the goal-planning process for specialised rehabilitation patients, with input into goal planning meetings and discharge planning, sometimes acting as keyworker. They will also provide clinical leadership within the ARTU and SLT team, including supervision.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, that unite us as a Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached JD/PS.

Person specification

Experience

• Evidence of expert/advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the post
• Assessment and management of patients with complex communication and swallowing disorders at a minimum of Band 6
• Ability to prioritise a clinical caseload safely and to delegate to other members of the team appropriately
• Working effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Participation in leadership courses
• Completed RCSLT FEES competency framework
• Completed RCSLT tracheostomy competency framework
• Completed RCSLT VF competency framework

Qualifications

• UK Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Experience in the NHS
• Registration with HCPC and RCSLT
• Masters qualification in relevant area that will support the delivery of the service.
• Post Graduate RCSLT accredited dysphagia course or equivalent