Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Professional Qualification (1st degree or equivalent)
• Dysphagia experience / accreditation, including management of complex head and neck cancer patients
• Qualified to work to Specialist level on Dysphagia competency scale
• Registered member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists and Health & Care Professions Council
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-graduate experience
• Relevant experience up to or at a Band 6 level
• Experience in working with adults in an acute hospital setting with communication and swallowing difficulties resulting from a wide range of acquired conditions.
• Experience in working with adults with voice difficulties and those with a diagnosis of head and neck cancer
• Experience of working with relatives and carers
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working

Desirable

• Involvement in development and delivery of training packages

Further Training

Essential

• Knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions for relevant client groups
• Knowledge of national policies and legislation relevant to client group, and the local implementation of these
• Knowledge of professional and clinical guidelines relevant to the client group.

Desirable

• Knowledge of supported communication techniques and equipment/aides specific to these clinical areas
• Knowledge of the impact of head and neck cancer on both communication, voice and swallowing function resulting from the tumour and surgical/oncological treatments
• Knowledge of complex dysphonia including psychogenic and neurological voice disorder

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• Competent in use of IT for everyday communication.
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Good presentation skills - oral and written.
• Awareness of the principles of clinical governance, audit and required standards of record keeping.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, especially in relation to liaison and joint working

Desirable

• Evidence of ability to manage specialist and complex caseload independently
• Knowledge of the NHS and understanding of the roles of other professions

Other Factors

Essential

• Evidence of developing negotiation skills and management of conflict
• Commitment to equal opportunities in work and service delivery.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Adaptable to new situations and personnel
• Flexible approach to working practices
• Commitment to person centred planning and carer involvement in service delivery and development.

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

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).