Job summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for an energetic and dynamic Speech and Language Therapist, to join our team and lead the inpatient service at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital.
This team provides care to adult patients and we are committed to providing a high-quality service. We embrace change in the form of ongoing service development to make sure our patients are getting a modern, evidence based, effective service.
Main duties of the job
This post would be working closely with the inpatient lead at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital to ensure equity of care across sites. Your aim would be to provide quality care at the acute stage of the patient pathway, from critical care to general medical, and elderly care wards. Alongside your role in the operational management of the caseload, you would be providing clinical support for junior members of the team, in person or remotely, on both hospital sites.
The Speech and Language Therapy team run both Video fluoroscopy and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES ) services which you would take a key role in.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Highly skilled practitioner in the comprehensive management of patients with complex communication and EDS needs, especially in the acute setting
Management of the inpatient SLT team at BNHH ensuring effective operation of the service on the acute wards including critical care and instrumental assessments
Provision of clinical leadership in the acute setting (BNHH and RHCH) for people with communication and EDS needs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Highly skilled practitioner in the comprehensive management of patients with complex communication and EDS needs, especially in the acute setting
Management of the inpatient SLT team at BNHH ensuring effective operation of the service on the acute wards including critical care and instrumental assessments
Provision of clinical leadership in the acute setting (BNHH and RHCH) for people with communication and EDS needs
Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential
- oRecognised SLT degree level qualification or equivalent
- oRegistered member of RCSLT
- oRegistered member of HCPC
- oContinued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice, in service training and courses attended and clinical governance gained
- oPost Graduate Courses relevant to adult communication difficulties and EDS
Desirable
- oEvidence of attendance of recognised managerial and leadership courses
- oEvidence of training in FEES and Videofluroscopy
- oEvidence of training in tracheostomy management
Experience and Knowlegde
Essential
- oExperience at Band 6 level
- oExperience of working in acute settings, including critical care
- oEvidence of CPD in specialist areas
- oEvidence of implementation of service development
- oDesign and delivery of training programmes
- oExperience of staff supervision
- oAwareness of local and national agendas affecting SLT services/profession
- oPlacement Educator experience
Desirable
- oPrevious experience at Band 7 level
- oExperience of project management and budgetary management
- oExperience as an interviewer for SLT
- oEvidence of competency in tracheostomy management
- oEvidence of competency in use of instrumental assessment (FEES and Videofluroscopy)
- oExperience of using Quality Improvement (QI) methodology
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oRemains updated with professional practice and new research
- oUnderstand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- oUnderstanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- oEffective verbal and written communication & interpersonal skills.
- oAbility to lead a team
- oAbility to deputise for more senior colleagues
- oUnderstanding and appropriate application of all principles surrounding risk management, Trust/ NHS policies of data protection, EDI and Health and Safety
- oAbility to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable environment
Desirable
- oSkills in service development
- oAbility to run courses - internal/external
- oCompetent in a range of IT skills
- oEffective written and verbal presentation skills
other
Essential
- oAble to recognise own & other's stress & act on it appropriately
- oWell motivated
- oCommitted to maintaining and improving own standards
- oCommitted to providing high quality care as demanded through the Clinical Governance Agenda
- oAbility to travel between other Trust sites at short notice as required
- oExpectation to participate in Bank holiday cover when required
Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential
- oRecognised SLT degree level qualification or equivalent
- oRegistered member of RCSLT
- oRegistered member of HCPC
- oContinued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice, in service training and courses attended and clinical governance gained
- oPost Graduate Courses relevant to adult communication difficulties and EDS
Desirable
- oEvidence of attendance of recognised managerial and leadership courses
- oEvidence of training in FEES and Videofluroscopy
- oEvidence of training in tracheostomy management
Experience and Knowlegde
Essential
- oExperience at Band 6 level
- oExperience of working in acute settings, including critical care
- oEvidence of CPD in specialist areas
- oEvidence of implementation of service development
- oDesign and delivery of training programmes
- oExperience of staff supervision
- oAwareness of local and national agendas affecting SLT services/profession
- oPlacement Educator experience
Desirable
- oPrevious experience at Band 7 level
- oExperience of project management and budgetary management
- oExperience as an interviewer for SLT
- oEvidence of competency in tracheostomy management
- oEvidence of competency in use of instrumental assessment (FEES and Videofluroscopy)
- oExperience of using Quality Improvement (QI) methodology
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oRemains updated with professional practice and new research
- oUnderstand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- oUnderstanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit
- oEffective verbal and written communication & interpersonal skills.
- oAbility to lead a team
- oAbility to deputise for more senior colleagues
- oUnderstanding and appropriate application of all principles surrounding risk management, Trust/ NHS policies of data protection, EDI and Health and Safety
- oAbility to cope with working in a stressful and unpredictable environment
Desirable
- oSkills in service development
- oAbility to run courses - internal/external
- oCompetent in a range of IT skills
- oEffective written and verbal presentation skills
other
Essential
- oAble to recognise own & other's stress & act on it appropriately
- oWell motivated
- oCommitted to maintaining and improving own standards
- oCommitted to providing high quality care as demanded through the Clinical Governance Agenda
- oAbility to travel between other Trust sites at short notice as required
- oExpectation to participate in Bank holiday cover when required
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).
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).
