Band 7 Highly Specialist Stroke Speech and Language Therapist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering outstanding speech and language therapy care within the clinical area of acute and stroke servcies. Are you keen to help lead a team of specialist SLT's and Therapy Support Workers working collaboratively within wider MDT settings? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is a great place to work offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. The trust is based in the vibrant city of Birmingham, now covering four busy hospital sites and a community service.

Due to internal reconfiguration and additional funding we have an exciting opportunity at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to appoint Band 7 Speech & Language Therapists to join our dynamic and expanding Speech & Language Therapy team. Full-time and part-time positions are available, and we are open to discuss flexible working arrangements.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the friendly and supportive Adult Speech and Language Therapy service, assisting in the lead of the acute stroke SLT services based at Birmingham Heartlands and Good Hope Hospital. This post will be supporting the restoration and recovery of the clinical stroke pathway following the pandemic, including ESD service. You will be welcomed into a large and supportive therapy team with excellent training and development opportunities as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system. You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist staff and have access to regular videofluoroscopy & FEES clinics.

You should be able to work as a highly specialist, autonomous practitioner within the field of acute / stroke / rehabilitation and conditions impacting communication and swallowing. Alongside this you will provide direct line management to the team. Evidence of strong organisational, communication and leadership skills are essential to compliment your advanced speech and language therapy knowledge and skills. You should be passionate about providing effective patient centered care, as well highly enthusiastic about service development of stroke services.

This post includes participation in the weekend on call service for inpatients across Solihull, Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals

We'd love to hear from you for an informal chat or visit to the department.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

18 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-48413GB1

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
* Health Professions Council -- Licence to Practice
* Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate training in specialist area

Experience

Essential

* Relevant postgraduate experience in key specialist area's relevant to the post
* Experience of management of adults with complex swallowing / communication needs
* Experience of involvement in VF / FEES clinic
* Experience of SLT students at clinical tutor and supervisor levels
* Experience of leading audit
* Experience of training staff groups at all levels
* Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multidisciplinary teams and across agencies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
* Health Professions Council -- Licence to Practice
* Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate training in specialist area

Experience

Essential

* Relevant postgraduate experience in key specialist area's relevant to the post
* Experience of management of adults with complex swallowing / communication needs
* Experience of involvement in VF / FEES clinic
* Experience of SLT students at clinical tutor and supervisor levels
* Experience of leading audit
* Experience of training staff groups at all levels
* Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multidisciplinary teams and across agencies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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