Clinical Expert Speech & Language Therapist

Job overview

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).

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.