Job summary
The aim of the role is to provide clinical/site leadership to the SALT team working at Newham University Hospital as required. The post holder will lead on the development of the team in line with service and Trust objectives. The post holder will work as part of the senior SALT team and will be required to take service wide responsibility for specified projects. The job description will be modified on appointment to reflect clinical leadership portfolio depending on experience and service needs.
Main duties of the job
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Leadership experience to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post including setting priorities, meeting deadlines within a complex and busy caseload and in line managing staff (supervision, appraisal, recruitment)
- Operational management experience in a complex environment
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating training programmes for SLT and MDT staff
- Experience of working autonomously at an expert level with patients presenting with complex dysphagia and communication impairment in the acute setting
Skills
Essential
- Fluent in the use of MS Office applications
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills
- Highly motivated and committed
- Shows a high level of initiative
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates flexibility, reliability and resilience
- Awareness of professional limitations
- Excellent analytical & organisational skills
- Ability to identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others
- Ability to assess and act against risks and consequence of exposure to patients and environment which may be highly distressing antagonistic, open to aggression and/or unpleasant to self, patients and others
- Highly developed negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Understanding of current NHS guidance, issues, priorities and structure, with evidence of a high degree of knowledge in one or more clinical areas including frailty, critical care or stroke
- Able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures relevant to acute in patient services
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Speech Language Therapy
- HCPC registration
- DBS clearance
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at post graduate course/training equivalent to or at MSc level and relevant to clinical specialty
- Evidence of relevant masters level qualification or equivalent specialist experience
- Member of the Royal College of Speech Language Therapists
- Involvement in relevant professional special interest group
- Supervision training
- Student educators training
- Able to lead and develop instrumental swallowing assessment. Eg Video fluoroscopy
- Video fluoroscopy - competent to RCSLT Greater Glasgow & Clyde level 4
- Competent in management of ventilated and non-ventilated tracheostomy
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Leadership experience to demonstrate knowledge and skills required for the post including setting priorities, meeting deadlines within a complex and busy caseload and in line managing staff (supervision, appraisal, recruitment)
- Operational management experience in a complex environment
- Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement and change projects
- Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating training programmes for SLT and MDT staff
- Experience of working autonomously at an expert level with patients presenting with complex dysphagia and communication impairment in the acute setting
Skills
Essential
- Fluent in the use of MS Office applications
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills
- Highly motivated and committed
- Shows a high level of initiative
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates flexibility, reliability and resilience
- Awareness of professional limitations
- Excellent analytical & organisational skills
- Ability to identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others
- Ability to assess and act against risks and consequence of exposure to patients and environment which may be highly distressing antagonistic, open to aggression and/or unpleasant to self, patients and others
- Highly developed negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Understanding of current NHS guidance, issues, priorities and structure, with evidence of a high degree of knowledge in one or more clinical areas including frailty, critical care or stroke
- Able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of policies and procedures relevant to acute in patient services
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Speech Language Therapy
- HCPC registration
- DBS clearance
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at post graduate course/training equivalent to or at MSc level and relevant to clinical specialty
- Evidence of relevant masters level qualification or equivalent specialist experience
- Member of the Royal College of Speech Language Therapists
- Involvement in relevant professional special interest group
- Supervision training
- Student educators training
- Able to lead and develop instrumental swallowing assessment. Eg Video fluoroscopy
- Video fluoroscopy - competent to RCSLT Greater Glasgow & Clyde level 4
- Competent in management of ventilated and non-ventilated tracheostomy
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).
