Clinical Team Lead Voice

Integrated Care System; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is offering a 12-month secondment for a Voice Service Lead in the Blackburn area. This role involves operational leadership, clinical assessment, and development of services for patients with voice disorders, along with opportunities to contribute to research and training within an integrated health environment. Ideal for experienced Band 6 professionals seeking to enhance their portfolio, it supports flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunity for professional development

Qualifications

• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council.
• Significant post graduate experience in Voice, ENT, or related fields.
• Evidence of CPD and presentations in relevant clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and service development within Clinical Voice Disorders and ENT.
• Deliver clinical services to patients with communication and swallowing problems.
• Engage with a multidisciplinary team and contribute to ongoing service improvement.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical reasoning skills

Analytical skills

Education

Profession specific Degree/ Diploma

Registration with Health and Care Professions Council

Evidence of CPD maintained

Evidence of working at MSc Level

Job description

12 month secondment opportunity (maternity cover) to operationally lead and deliver the Voice service to outpatients (adults and children) with clinical voice disorders.

This is an ideal opportunity to develop a leadership portfolio and an experienced band 6 with relevant skills looking to grow their experience, are welcome to apply. Experience of working with upper airways conditions (e.g., chronic cough, laryngeal hypersensitivity, inducible laryngeal obstruction and Long COVID) is desirable alongside underpinning knowledge of neurology.

The well-established model of an 'ENT SLT' service at ELHT means that there may be the opportunity for the successful applicant to clinically contribute to Head & Neck and FEES services where appropriate and according to competencies and experience.

Main duties of the job

• To provide clinical leadership and service development within Clinical Voice Disorders and ENT.
• To provide clinical services to adults and children with acquired voice, communication and/or swallowing problems.
• To use evidence-based, highly specialist skills to undertake expert assessments and deliver appropriate interventions to complex clinical caseload.
• To provide input into teaching, training and supporting junior staff if required
• To engage and continue to be an active member of the wider ENT multi-disciplinary team.

About us

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

The SLT service has a well-established team of clinical leads - Critical Care, Dysphagia, Head & Neck, Stroke, FEES, Videofluoroscopy, Neurorehabilitation , Care Homes and Community.

Actively involved in a range of service and workforce initiatives across the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICSand research including collaborations with ELHT & UCLan's AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke.

The service is well equipped and is supported by a team of administrators, SLT Assistants and Therapy Assistant Practitioners. Regular team meetings, an annual SLT Showcase of best practice and SLT, Stroke and Neuro Improvement Showcase.Continual improvement is embedded in our daily work and service improvement initiatives.We are committed to continuing professional development and this is underpinned by supervision, regular line management and an annual appraisal system.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details of the CTL Voice Lead role.

There is the opportunity for candidates with the required competency and capability to be able to clinically contribute to the Head & Neck andFEES service.

• Due to this post being a 12month fixed term contract and a recognition that elements of this specialist role can be delivered remotely we would welcome applicants looking for part time hours and agile working (on site and at home).

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Profession specific Degree/ Diploma
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the clinical service area
• Involvement in Special Clinical Interest Group
• Evidence of working at MSc Level

Experience

• Significant post graduate experience, including experience in a relevant specialist role
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in the management of highly complex patients within clinical area
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and wider system partners
• Experience of leading service change and quality improvement projects for safe, personal, and effective care
• Clinical supervision, including formal appraisal and objective setting
• Experience of formal presentations including presenting to MDT, leadership, and clinical teams.
• Committee membership e.g., Safety Committee

Knowledge

• In depth knowledge of local and national NHS/Social Care agenda and its relevance to service area
• In depth knowledge of national policy, clinical practice standards and guidelines relevant to service area
• Advanced workload management skills including prioritisation and delegation
• Advanced knowledge of a variety of assessment and clinical interventions skills relevant to service area
• Able to demonstrate skills in advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to process relevant clinical and performance data and systems

Personal

• Able to work in a pressurised, unpredictable environment, with a proven ability to multi-task and support others
• Listen to views and opinions of others, demonstrate compassion, kindness and selfawareness

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.

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working