Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic therapist to work within the Acute Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy team to develop a service for children with oncology and neuro-oncology conditions as well as work with the wider Acute and Neuroscience caseload. This includes inpatients, outpatient clinics and the Newcastle community caseload of children with complex needs. This is a great opportunity for someone to develop highly specialist skills and establish speech & language therapy as a major part of the Oncology and Neuro-oncology teams.
- Interview Date 05/09/2023
- 26 Hours 15 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
To assess, diagnose and manage children and young people with developmental speech, language and swallowing problems. To work with hospital teams at both the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital. To be a member of out -patient teams and to carry a community caseload.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be part of the highly specialist speech and language therapy team providing a service to children at the Great North Childrens Hospital both in-patient and in out-patient clinics with designated time for oncology and neuro-oncology.
- To provide assessment and intervention for children with complex communication and dysphagia in the Newcastle Community.
- To contribute specialist knowledge in an area of the Acute and Neuroscience and provide training and liaison with other services at a Regional and National level.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be part of the highly specialist speech and language therapy team providing a service to children at the Great North Childrens Hospital both in-patient and in out-patient clinics with designated time for oncology and neuro-oncology.
- To provide assessment and intervention for children with complex communication and dysphagia in the Newcastle Community.
- To contribute specialist knowledge in an area of the Acute and Neuroscience and provide training and liaison with other services at a Regional and National level.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered Member of HCPC
- Appropriate post-graduate degree at Master's Level or equivalent level of specialist knowledge
Desirable
- MSc in relevant advanced clinical practice
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Considerable additional theoretical and clinical training post-qualification
- Intermediate / RCSLT competence level C Dysphagia management skills
- Extensive knowledge of high and low tech augmentative and alternative communication
- Additional training in specialist clinical techniques e.g., facial oral tract therapy
- experience in the management of communication and dysphagia in relation to tracheostomies
- Highly specialist knowledge in interventions within previous inpatient and outpatient clinical experience such as neurology and neuro-oncology, neurodisability, respiratory, gastroenterology, ENT, cardiology or neonates
- Highly specialist knowledge of assessments for children with complex needs
- Extensive knowledge of current national and international research and current best practice guidance related to area of complex needs and paediatric dysphagia
- Excellent experience of working with families
- Knowledge of a range of educational provision available to the highly specialist caseload
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour related to speech, language and learning difficulties
- Substantial experience of facilitating the implementation of therapy by support staff
- Experience in contributing to research
- Excellent time management
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Knowledge of child protection issues
- Membership of relevant local and national clinical excellence networks
- Evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of supporting junior members of staff
- Experience of teaching / training other professions
Desirable
- Experience of teaching / training other professions
- Research experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent networking skills
- Excellent skills in establishing and maintaining effective multidisciplinary teamwork (MDT)
- Excellent skills in supervising less experienced SLTs including appraisal
- Excellent caseload management and prioritisation skills
- Excellent skills in student supervision Able to understand and apply the principles of clinical governance / audit
- Ability to use computers, i.e., word processing, PowerPoint, Patient Electronic Records, Telehealth, etc.
- Excellent skills in delivering treatment packages in a variety of settings
- The ability to undertake complex assessment and differential diagnostic tasks and design and implement treatment programmes accordingly
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills
- Highly developed hearing and visual perceptual skills for assessment of communication and swallowing
Desirable
- videofluoroscopy skills at level 3
- Project evaluation skills
- Research skills
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered Member of HCPC
- Appropriate post-graduate degree at Master's Level or equivalent level of specialist knowledge
Desirable
- MSc in relevant advanced clinical practice
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Considerable additional theoretical and clinical training post-qualification
- Intermediate / RCSLT competence level C Dysphagia management skills
- Extensive knowledge of high and low tech augmentative and alternative communication
- Additional training in specialist clinical techniques e.g., facial oral tract therapy
- experience in the management of communication and dysphagia in relation to tracheostomies
- Highly specialist knowledge in interventions within previous inpatient and outpatient clinical experience such as neurology and neuro-oncology, neurodisability, respiratory, gastroenterology, ENT, cardiology or neonates
- Highly specialist knowledge of assessments for children with complex needs
- Extensive knowledge of current national and international research and current best practice guidance related to area of complex needs and paediatric dysphagia
- Excellent experience of working with families
- Knowledge of a range of educational provision available to the highly specialist caseload
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour related to speech, language and learning difficulties
- Substantial experience of facilitating the implementation of therapy by support staff
- Experience in contributing to research
- Excellent time management
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Knowledge of child protection issues
- Membership of relevant local and national clinical excellence networks
- Evidence of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of supporting junior members of staff
- Experience of teaching / training other professions
Desirable
- Experience of teaching / training other professions
- Research experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent networking skills
- Excellent skills in establishing and maintaining effective multidisciplinary teamwork (MDT)
- Excellent skills in supervising less experienced SLTs including appraisal
- Excellent caseload management and prioritisation skills
- Excellent skills in student supervision Able to understand and apply the principles of clinical governance / audit
- Ability to use computers, i.e., word processing, PowerPoint, Patient Electronic Records, Telehealth, etc.
- Excellent skills in delivering treatment packages in a variety of settings
- The ability to undertake complex assessment and differential diagnostic tasks and design and implement treatment programmes accordingly
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills
- Highly developed hearing and visual perceptual skills for assessment of communication and swallowing
Desirable
- videofluoroscopy skills at level 3
- Project evaluation skills
- Research 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).
