Service Manager for Acute Speech and Language Therapy

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dynamic B7 Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join our acute Speech and Language Therapy team working across both hospital sites. This is a time of change for our provision as our community service moves to another organisation and therefore a time of opportunity to establish this now solely acute service.

This is a development role progressing from a B7 to B8a. Clinical leadership skills are paramount, and support will be given to develop operational management skills. You will be the clinical lead for SLT working at HHFT and part of the progression will be to join the Therapies Leadership Team. You will be offered support and an individualised plan by the one of the Therapies Leadership team to enable you to develop from a B7 to an 8a role.

This role is based at Basingstoke and north Hampshire Hospital, where you will be a clinical team member, but will have cross site working to Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. Instrumental assessments (both FEES and VFSS) are provided on both sites, for inpatients and community outpatients, and you will be leading on the governance and overall provision of these services.

Main duties of the job

For full details, please see the job description document.

• To manage the defined clinical service providing oversight, decision making and accountability and responsibility for delivery of those services.
• Demonstrate effective performance management so that impact on/ completion of department, divisional and trust objectives can be shown
• Be instrumental as part of the Therapy Senior Management Team in developing the service annual plans (e.g. Operational, capacity and activity) that achieve access and quality targets.
• To be responsible for Datix – incidents, PALS concerns or complaints and risks relating to the defined clinical service / services
• Line management, including supervision and appraisal of band 7s within the service as well as supporting team members to develop these skills
• Provision of clinical leadership in the acute setting at HHFT for people with communication and EDS needs
• To work as a clinical specialist in dysphagia, providing highly specialist assessment and advice across the Trust and have responsibility for auditing and maintaining the safe governance of swallow screening and assessment across the Trust
• To conduct Videofluroscopy and Fibreoptic endoscopic Examinations of Swallow (FEES) and ensure safe running of these clinics including competency development/ management and service review for governance
• To have skills in management of patients with tracheostomy

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached document for a detailed job description and person specification. Any further questions, do contact as below.

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.