Job summary
Would you like to be part of our Voice service within our nationally recognised tertiary centre? This post involves provision of Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapy to outpatients with voice, swallowing and communication difficulties, primarily but not limited to benign voice disorders. The voice service will be supported by the post holder working closely with peer Band 7 SLTs with direction from the clinical lead SLT and consultant SLT.
You will benefit from a robust supervision structure alongside innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development being encouraged. You would be part of a well-established team which benefits from SLT led FNE clinic, SLT led FEES and Videofluoroscopy, vocal cord medialisation, botox and professional voice users services. Opportunities to be part of and access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available.
QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population, treating over 2.8 million people every year.
The team offers:
* A full induction programme, robust supervision, regular team meetings & peer support
* A wide range of opportunities for career development
* Access to videofluoroscopy & FEES
* Modern facilities with good transport links
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate would work within the Outpatient Speech and Language Therapy team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload. You would work closely with the SLT Team Leaders, NQP Speech and Language Therapists and Specialist Speech and Language Therapists to provide an excellent level of care to our patient group.
The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing voice disorders. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* assessing and managing patients with voice disorders, alongside managing ILO, swallowing and communication disorders as required
* service development and audit
* working closely with the MDT
* training of junior colleagues and students
* working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment
We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.
At present, we have a voluntary weekend service in some clinical areas. This role has the opportunity for off-site (home) working if desired and agreed on employment.
We would welcome interested candidates to get in touch for an informal discussion. Please contact Stef Matthews (Professional Lead) via Stefanie.matthews@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 3483.
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.
Job description
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**Please note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description**
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description**
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or recognised MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
- Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
- Current registration with HCPC.
- Completed RCSLT Level C/ EDS Level 5 dysphagia competencies (or above).
- Completed RCSLT NQP competencies.
Desirable
- FEES interpretation and/or scoping skills.
- FNE interpretation and/or scoping skills.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working independently with adult voice caseload at a specialist level.
- Experience working with a dysphagia caseload.
- Significant experience of working independently within an acute hospital and/or outpatient setting.
- Significant post-graduate training, through attendance at short courses and via personal study, practical skill development and in-depth experience in a multi-disciplinary setting in specialist fields.
- Experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstration of people management at either an individual or team level.
- Experience of training Speech and Language Therapy undergraduates and junior SLTs
Desirable
- Experience working as an integral part of MDT within voice clinics that include medialisation or the use of Botox to support voice production.
- Membership of a relevant CEN.
- Post-graduate education or research.
- Knowledge acquired through attendance at postgraduate specialist courses which would be expected to be at Masters level or equivalent.
- Experience of working with patients with laryngectomy and/or head and neck cancer.
- Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
- Knowledge of the strategic direction of the Trust
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment and management of dysphagia, voice and communication disorders.
- Advanced theoretical and conceptual knowledge and of evidence based practice in voice.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information effectively and an awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills.
- Excellent skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving skills with patients, colleagues in the department, the MDT and other professionals.
- Effective communication skills with people who have significant and complex communication and or swallowing difficulties.
- Well-developed perceptual and auditory skills.
- Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise verbal information in a clinical environment.
- Systematic and organised.
- Able to manage and negotiate complex discussions or disagreements with patients, relatives and professional colleagues in a professional, supportive manner.
- Keen to embrace change consistent with delivery of service whilst keeping the patient as an individual at the centre of care.
- Punctual and reliable in service delivery.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way.
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
- Thriving in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work weekends as part of a 7 day working pattern (when appropriate service delivery allows and commences).
Desirable
- Endoscopy scoping competencies.
- Tracheostomy competencies.
- FEES interpretation and/or scoping.
- Ability to complete relevant clinical audit.
- Ability to present on clinical topics to wide range of audiences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or recognised MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
- Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
- Current registration with HCPC.
- Completed RCSLT Level C/ EDS Level 5 dysphagia competencies (or above).
- Completed RCSLT NQP competencies.
Desirable
- FEES interpretation and/or scoping skills.
- FNE interpretation and/or scoping skills.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working independently with adult voice caseload at a specialist level.
- Experience working with a dysphagia caseload.
- Significant experience of working independently within an acute hospital and/or outpatient setting.
- Significant post-graduate training, through attendance at short courses and via personal study, practical skill development and in-depth experience in a multi-disciplinary setting in specialist fields.
- Experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstration of people management at either an individual or team level.
- Experience of training Speech and Language Therapy undergraduates and junior SLTs
Desirable
- Experience working as an integral part of MDT within voice clinics that include medialisation or the use of Botox to support voice production.
- Membership of a relevant CEN.
- Post-graduate education or research.
- Knowledge acquired through attendance at postgraduate specialist courses which would be expected to be at Masters level or equivalent.
- Experience of working with patients with laryngectomy and/or head and neck cancer.
- Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
- Knowledge of the strategic direction of the Trust
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment and management of dysphagia, voice and communication disorders.
- Advanced theoretical and conceptual knowledge and of evidence based practice in voice.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information effectively and an awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills.
- Excellent skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving skills with patients, colleagues in the department, the MDT and other professionals.
- Effective communication skills with people who have significant and complex communication and or swallowing difficulties.
- Well-developed perceptual and auditory skills.
- Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise verbal information in a clinical environment.
- Systematic and organised.
- Able to manage and negotiate complex discussions or disagreements with patients, relatives and professional colleagues in a professional, supportive manner.
- Keen to embrace change consistent with delivery of service whilst keeping the patient as an individual at the centre of care.
- Punctual and reliable in service delivery.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way.
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
- Thriving in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work weekends as part of a 7 day working pattern (when appropriate service delivery allows and commences).
Desirable
- Endoscopy scoping competencies.
- Tracheostomy competencies.
- FEES interpretation and/or scoping.
- Ability to complete relevant clinical audit.
- Ability to present on clinical topics to wide range of audiences.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
