Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist - Complex Breathlessness

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

West Midlands

On-site

GBP 49,000 - 57,000

Full time

39 hours ago

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to lead SLT input for Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction and chronic cough within the complex breathlessness service at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. The role involves autonomous practice, advanced assessment, and close MDT collaboration.

The post offers opportunities to enhance ENT, dysphagia and laryngoscopy skills, with strong support from a respiratory advisor and ongoing

Qualifications

Essential: Degree in Speech and Language Therapy, HCPC registration, CPD including recent post-graduate training relevant to clinical specialty, RCSLT membership.
Desirable: Postgraduate degree relevant to clinical area, Leadership training, Clinical Educators Course attendance.
Experience essential: post-graduate experience in relevant clinical areas, caseload management, and training of staff.
Experience of audits and working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

Lead advanced assessment and treatment of patients with ILO.
Provide specialist SLT input within the respiratory MDT.
Deliver training to the wider MDT as required.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Laryngoscopy

Nasendoscopy training

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

HCPC registration

RCSLT membership

Tools

FEES/VFS

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals Birmingham for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our supportive and innovative SLT team at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital leading on provision of Specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) input to patients with Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) and or chronic cough within our complex breathlessness multidisciplinary service.

It is an opportunity to work within a supportive and highly experienced MDT in a service that is expanding and developing to address previous unmet need within the area. The post involves taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with suspected or confirmed ILO to determine diagnosis and identify appropriate SLT treatment as clinically indicated. Patients within this service have highly complex presentations with concomitant factors such as breathing pattern disorder, EDAC or asthma. SLT is an integral part of this service. Alongside the MDT you will ensure patients receive a comprehensive and holistic assessment and treatment plan.

This post would ideally suit an individual wishing to expand and apply existing skills in ENT, dysphagia and laryngoscopy. You will have opportunity to work alongside other highly specialist staff including support from RCSLT advisor in respiratory.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

You will have access to nasendoscopy with training opportunities to further enhance and develop your specialist skills. This in addition to being welcomed into a large and supportive therapy team with excellent training and development opportunities, robust supervision and appraisal system.

Main Duties And Tasks

You should be able to work as a highly specialist, autonomous practitioner with a clear passion in assessing and managing complex breathlessness within an outpatient respiratory setting. Alongside this you will provide specialist level training to the wider MDT when required and may also be asked to attend the regional complex breathlessness network meetings. You should be passionate about providing effective patient centred care, as well as being highly enthusiastic about service development of respiratory services.

We are open to discuss flexible working arrangements, development opportunities and support as suited to the post.

Asfa Bashir -- Clinical Team Lead for Speech and Language Therapy

Nicola Pargeter -- Principal Speech and Language Therapist (ENT/Respiratory) and RCSLT Professional Advisor in Respiratory

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 specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
Registered with Health Care Professions Council
Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Desirable

Postgraduate degree relevant to clinical area
Leadership training
Attendance at Clinical Educators Course

Experience

Essential

Post graduate experience in relevant clinical areas working with patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions.
Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality.
Demonstrates a specialist knowledge in speech and language therapy and specialist area, across the range of procedures and working practices with the appropriate theoretical and practical experience
Well-established knowledge of assessment tools and a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to clinical area.
Experience of involvement in objective upper airway and swallowing assessments (e.g. FEES, VFS, CLP/CLE)
Experience of training and supervision of SLT students
Experience of training staff groups at all levels
Experience of leading audit / quality initiatives on a regular basis
Attendance at post graduate courses relevant to the specialist area and speech and language therapy
CPD Portfolio sharing evidence of attendance at mandatory training and evidence of in-service training
Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi-disciplinary teams and across agencies.

Desirable

Experience of staff management
Awareness of or participation in research relevant to clinical specialism

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

Asfa Bashir

asfa.bashir@uhb.nhs.uk

01214240432

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly