Job summary
Due to maternity leave we have an exciting opportunity for a 12 month post.
This post involves provision of leadership to the voice outpatient team and highly specialist clinical skills to outpatients with voice, swallowing and communication difficulties, primarily but not limited to benign voice disorders. This will primarily be outpatient clinics, and will include supporting the inpatient team with inpatient assessment, management and rehabilitation within the acute ward setting, as required. The voice service will be led by the post holder working closely with peer Band 7 SLTs within the head and neck cancer, medicine, surgery, ITU, stroke and neuro-trauma divisions 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.
Main duties of the job
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 & good transport links
The successful candidate will work within the outpatient Speech and Language Therapy team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload. You will work closely with the SLT Team Leaders, NQP Speech & Language Therapists and Specialist Speech & Language Therapists to provide an excellent level of care to our patients.
The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing & managing voice disorders. Your responsibilities will include:
Assessing and managing patients with voice disorders, alongside managing ILO, swallowing & communication disorders as required
Work as an integral part of specialist MDT clinics including voice vocal fold medialisation, Botox & professional voice users
Service development & audit
Working closely with the MDT
Training of junior colleagues/students
Working towards using specialist assessments such as nasendoscopy
Working flexibly & 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.
We would welcome interested candidates to get in touch for an informal discussion. Please contact Molly Metcalf (Clinical Lead) via molly.metcalf@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 3483.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
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*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A good standard of secondary education including A-Level or equivalent.
- BSc or recognised MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
- Membership of RCSLT.
- Registration with HCPC.
- Completed RCSLT Level C/ EDS Level 5 dysphagia competencies (or above).
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.
- Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Skills in training students and peers including presentation skills.
- Able to manage and negotiate complex discussions or disagreements with patients, relatives and professional colleagues in a professional, supportive manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A good standard of secondary education including A-Level or equivalent.
- BSc or recognised MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
- Membership of RCSLT.
- Registration with HCPC.
- Completed RCSLT Level C/ EDS Level 5 dysphagia competencies (or above).
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.
- Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Skills in training students and peers including presentation skills.
- Able to manage and negotiate complex discussions or disagreements with patients, relatives and professional colleagues in a professional, supportive manner.
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).
