Acute Team Lead Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialist, high standard Speech and Language Therapy service, assessing and advising on patients care & treatment, as an autonomous practitioner working with patients with dysphagia and communication difficulty.

Take a lead in providing instrumental assessment including Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and Videofluoroscopy.

Provide clinical supervision and act as a resource to advise SLT staff working with dysphagia and communication difficulty, ensuring that an integrated & successful therapy service is provided.

Work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programmes, taking on the role of care co-ordinator where appropriate.

Take a lead on the planning, development, co-ordination & evaluation of the Speech and Language Therapy service for dysphagia and communication patients across Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Liaise with ward staff in establishing appropriate discharge criteria, co-ordinating relevant patient discharges and ensuring adequate outpatient care and treatment.To deputise for the Operational SLT Manager or SLT/Dietetic Manager when required.

To work flexibly across Worcestershire Community and acute hospitals as required, with provision of cross cover between teams as required (within staff competencies).

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

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