Job summary
Are you passionate about providing a high quality speech & language therapy service to adults in an acute hospital setting? Are you looking for the chance to develop your career in a prestigious London Trust with access to highly skilled clinicians and multiple learning opportunities? If so, then we'd like to hear from you.
We are looking for a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our Adult Acute Speech and Language Therapy Service is based at the Charing Cross Hospital site. The adult acute team is responsible for the delivery of a high quality, evidence-based service to patients across a range of clinical specialisms including acute admissions, neurosciences, elderly care, respiratory, oncology and critical care.
As a valued member of the speech and language therapy and multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to multidisciplinary working, further developing your clinical skills and actively participating in service development and training others. Staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in CPD activities, audit and research.
We hold weekly videofluoroscopy clinics and provide a FEES service across all hospital sites. You will be supported in the development of your skills in these areas in line with your learning needs.
This recruitment may be used for other substantive and temporary band 6 specialist speech and language therapy opportunities arising within the Trust in the coming months.
Main duties of the job
To provide a specialist SLT service to adult inpatients with disorders of communication and/or swallowing as part of the Adult Acute SLT team based at the Charing Cross Hospital (CXH) site. This service is provided to patients within the specialisms of medicine for the elderly, respiratory medicine, neurosciences, oncology, surgery, and critical care. The post-holder will receive regular support and supervision from a Band 7 on site. They will continue to gain wider clinical experience and expertise through clinical support and be able to make independent clinical decisions concerning caseload management, as well as participating in service, team and MDT developments. We hold weekly videofluoroscopy clinics and provide a FEES service, therefore support will be provided for the development of the post-holder's skills in line with their learning needs and service priorities. The department supports student placements, and delivers both rolling programmes and bespoke training and education to a range of professionals, which the post-holder will contribute to.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community.
Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We welcome discussions about flexible working and encourage a range of flexible working opportunities wherever we can.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Degree accredited by Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
- Current HCPC registration as a speech & language therapist
- Professional portfolio demonstrating experience and achievements
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at post-graduate level with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders in an acute hospital and/or rehabilitation setting.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of delivering training programmes to multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Experience of supervising junior staff or students on placement
Desirable
- Experience of FEES (assessor or endoscopist)
- Experience of videofluoroscopy (including writing reports)
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Specialist level of clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the management of adults with swallowing and communication disorders in the acute hospital setting; underpinned by current models of best practice.
- Ability to use specialist knowledge to make appropriate independent clinical decisions, with access to a supervisor, reflecting on practice and demonstrating evidence based practice.
- Ability to negotiate with client/carer and medical/AHP teams around individual case management, prioritisation and clinical risk management
- Good organisation and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Degree accredited by Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
- Current HCPC registration as a speech & language therapist
- Professional portfolio demonstrating experience and achievements
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working at post-graduate level with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders in an acute hospital and/or rehabilitation setting.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of delivering training programmes to multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Experience of supervising junior staff or students on placement
Desirable
- Experience of FEES (assessor or endoscopist)
- Experience of videofluoroscopy (including writing reports)
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Specialist level of clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the management of adults with swallowing and communication disorders in the acute hospital setting; underpinned by current models of best practice.
- Ability to use specialist knowledge to make appropriate independent clinical decisions, with access to a supervisor, reflecting on practice and demonstrating evidence based practice.
- Ability to negotiate with client/carer and medical/AHP teams around individual case management, prioritisation and clinical risk management
- Good organisation and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
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).
