Lead Voice / ENT Speech and Language Therapist

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in Coventry seeks a highly experienced Speech and Language Therapist to lead a voice-focused service across the care pathway. The role involves developing an integrated voice and upper airway pathway across acute and community settings, providing highly specialist input and leading service improvements.

You will supervise junior SLTs, deliver advanced assessments and treatments for voice patients, and collaborate with ENT and

Qualifications

• Experienced Speech and Language Therapist with extensive voice and upper airway knowledge.
• Ability to lead service development and delivery of high-quality therapy.
• Willingness to supervise junior SLTs and support staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate and deliver a high quality, evidence-based SLT service to voice patients across pathways.
• Develop an integrated voice and upper airway service pathway across acute and community settings, ensuring seamless patient care.
• Provide clinical supervision, training and support to less experienced SLTs on voice and dysphagia.
• Provide advanced SLT assessment and treatments for voice patients in various settings including community clinics and UHCW clinics.
• Provide strategic clinical leadership in evaluating and developing the voice service pathway and lead service transformation with ENT and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Voice therapy

Clinical leadership

Team collaboration

Clinical supervision

Job description

We are looking for a highly experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our supportive and highly skilled team of SLTs and assistant practitioners. You will be working with voice and upper airway patients across the care pathway, including supporting the delivery of our ENT-SLT Voice Clinic.

Energy, vision and clinical expertise within this field is essential. We nurture and encourage innovation and service development and you will be supported by the management team to identify and facilitate service development and quality improvement opportunities. Ongoing learning and development is a priority at UHCW and is actively supported by the Trust.

A full UK driving license is essential for this post. Please note that an international driving license is not accepted.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

• Lead, co-ordinate and deliver a high quality, evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy service to voice patients, requiring a highly advanced level of knowledge, skills and experience.


• Lead the development of an integrated voice and upper airway service pathway across acute and community settings, ensuring seamless patient care from referral through to discharge. The post holder will work across both UHCW and community services, providing highly specialist clinical input, supporting staff development and competency, and leading service improvement, pathway redesign and new models of working. It is anticipated that the role will include regular sessions across both settings, with flexibility to meet the evolving needs of the service.


• Provide clinical supervision, training and support to less experienced SLTs working in voice and dysphagia.


• Provide advanced speech and language therapy assessment and treatments and review for voice and patients referred into the service. This will be for patients in a variety of settings including, community clinics and at clinics at UHCW.


• Provide strategic clinical leadership in the evaluation and development of the voice service pathway, identifying areas for improvement and leading service transformation through innovative models of care, pathway redesign and collaborative working with ENT and wider multidisciplinary teams. Support delivery of the Joint Voice Clinic at UHCW in collaboration with colleagues from ENT.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Isobel Chick Job title: Adult Speech and Language Therapy Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02476 964081