Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Burton upon Trent is seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist for a part-time role. The successful candidate will assess and manage patients with communication difficulties and dysphagia, work with acute and community settings, and lead training for staff. A collaborative team environment emphasizes exceptional patient care and ongoing professional development.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Experience leading training and professional mentorship within a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to work a part-time pattern (3 days per week).
• Understanding of relevant pathways and protocols in acute and community hospital settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment across settings.
• Lead development and delivery of training to the team and wider MDT.
• Liaise with local services for discharge and acute service return.
• Support and mentor junior SALT staff and students.
• Work under pressure in a busy acute DGH site.

Skills

Experience as a Speech and Language Therapist

Ability to assess and manage dysphagia

Experience in acute and community settings

Ability to lead training

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist for a part-time role (3 days per week) for the acute wards at Queen's Hospital, Burton and the D2A wards at Samuel Johnson (Lichfield) and Sir Robert Peel (Tamworth) community hospitals. The post holder will be able to demonstrate an ability to work under pressure in a busy acute DGH site and work within the D2A pathway for a variety of patients transferred to community sites. Liaison will be required with other local services for discharge or any required return to acute services. The caseload consists of a variety of diagnoses, including stroke, frailty, dementia and progressive neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Patients require assessment and management of communication difficulties and/or dysphagia. The post holder will lead on the development and delivery of training and professional mentorship to the team and wider MDT. The post holder will be responsible for providing highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, formulation, diagnosis and management, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, reflection, interpretation, and analysis. The post holder will understand and adhere to relevant pathways and protocols in both the acute and community hospital settings. The post holder will lead on training, such as updates on IDDSI and supporting communication difficulties. The post holder will support and mentor junior SALT staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, formulation, diagnosis and management across acute and community settings, with advanced clinical reasoning, reflection, interpretation and analysis.
• Lead on the development and delivery of training and professional mentorship to the team and wider MDT, including updates on IDDSI and supporting communication difficulties.
• Understand and adhere to relevant pathways and protocols in both the acute and community hospital settings.
• Work within the D2A pathway for a variety of patients transferred to community sites and liaise with local services for discharge or any required return to acute services.
• Support and mentor junior SALT staff and students.
• Demonstrate ability to work under pressure in a busy acute DGH site and maintain high standards of care.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Experience as a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) with the ability to work in acute and community settings.
• Ability to assess and manage communication difficulties and/or dysphagia.
• Experience leading training and professional mentorship within a multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of relevant pathways and protocols in acute and community hospital settings.
• Willingness to work a part-time pattern (3 days per week).

Benefits / About the Trust

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.