Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Acute)

Job overview

Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist (Acute)

Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist with high level skills in paediatric dysphagia and communication needs looking for your next challenge?

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive acute paediatric team based within the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital inpatient services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment, delivering highly specialist assessment and intervention for children and young people presenting with dysphagia and acquired speech, language and communication needs. You will provide highly specialist input to children across a range of acute specialties and work closely with tertiary services, including the Neuromuscular and Long-Term Ventilation teams.

As a key member of the team, you will contribute to the assessment and management of complex feeding and swallowing difficulties and acquired communication disorders, support service development, and work collaboratively with colleagues across health and education settings to ensure children and families receive high-quality, evidence-based care.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

• To be responsible for the provision and further development of highly specialist, evidence-based speech and language therapy services for children, young people and their families with dysphagia and with acquired and developmental speech, language and communication disorders as part of a multi- disciplinary team.
• To use an advanced level of knowledge, skills and experience to provide both in-patient and out-patient speech and language therapy services for children and young people referred to Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust.
• To evaluate national and international standards of care and ensure that speech and language therapy care is delivered effectively to these standards.
• To initiate, lead and undertake research, audit, development and implementation of evidence-based protocols and standards of speech and language therapy care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached Job description document included.

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.