Clinical Expert Speech & Language Therapist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced acute speech and language therapist for maternity cover at Scunthorpe General Hospital or Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby. The role supports in-patients with acquired swallowing disorders across multiple specialties, working with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues.

The post involves day-to-day planning, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of SLT services in the acute setting, including

Qualifications

• Experience in managing patients with swallowing disorders, preferably with instrumental assessment (FEES and/or Videofluoroscopy).
• Ability to lead and support service delivery and quality improvement in SLT.
• Ability to work across two hospital sites and coordinate clinical activity.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, monitor, evaluate and deliver SLT services in the acute setting.
• Provide on-ward SLT assessment and intervention for adults with acquired swallowing disorders.
• Lead on cross-site service delivery, with opportunities to contribute to research and development.

Skills

acute SLT

FEES

cross-site

Job description

MATERNITY COVER

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced acute speech and language therapist to further develop skills in working with adults within an in-patient setting.

You will be based at either Scunthorpe General Hospital or Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and will support and deliver the service to in-patients with acquired swallowing disorders across multiple specialties, working alongside medical, nursing and other therapy colleagues.

Training and/or experience in management of patients with complex swallowing difficulties is required, including ideally instrumental assessment (FEES and/or Videofluoroscopy).

This post has a cross-site responsibility for overall delivery and analysis of speech and language therapy (S&LT) services in agreed service area, identifying and implementing evidence-based practice. Leading on research and quality improvement in S&LT. Delivering expert level S&LT to highly complex patients.

This job requires the successful candidate to undertake the day-to-day planning, co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of S&LT services within the acute setting. To provide S&LT provision on the wards and oversee Acute caseloads.

This post will be based at either Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby or Scunthorpe General Hospital with some cross-site travel/working expected.

You will be responsible for providing an element of team leadership alongside the existing Team Leads for this service and a high level of assessment and intervention to a range of individuals with acquired and often complex swallowing disorders.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katherine Vickers Job title: Operational Lead for Speech & Language Therapy Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01482 604331

Claire Hughes

Deputy Head of Therapies

[e-mail]

01482 604331