Job summary
A permanent vacancy has arisen for a highly specialist speech and language therapist to work in the regional cleft lip and palate speech and language therapy team. The post is based at the Newcastle centre, providing a highly specialist service to children and adults with cleft lip and palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction.
- Interview date: 6th October 2023
- 30 hours /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
The role covers all aspects of cleft care including multidisciplinary team clinics, specialist investigations, specialist therapy interventions, second opinions, clinical audit. You will be working closely with local SLT services across the region and will also provide support and training to junior SLTs and other professionals within the cleft service.
You will be based at the Newcastle site at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. You will be required to attend clinics held at the hub site as well as using a telemedicine platform for MDT and SLT clinics. Outreach working into the community will also be required.
Your post qualification experience will include significant experience working with cleft lip and palate in a multidisciplinary context. You will also have experience of delivery of training to other professionals and students. Strong communication skills and the ability to work with a variety of professionals and services across a wide geographical area are essential.
The Newcastle Cleft Service is a highly supportive team which works within an ethos of continually monitoring and implementing best practice. Effective support and supervision systems are in place and there are opportunities for ongoing professional development both internally and externally.
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.
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 responsible for a specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to children and adults with non cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) within the Regional Cleft Service
- To provide a specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to children and adults with cleft lip and palate within the Regional Cleft Service.
- To provide specialist advice to medical and teaching staff/parents and second opinions to other SLT colleagues
- To be solely responsible for a personal caseload of children and adults with cleft lip and palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) (with associated syndromes).
- To participate in the Combined Cleft Lip and Palate Clinics regionally as requested.
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 responsible for a specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to children and adults with non cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) within the Regional Cleft Service
- To provide a specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to children and adults with cleft lip and palate within the Regional Cleft Service.
- To provide specialist advice to medical and teaching staff/parents and second opinions to other SLT colleagues
- To be solely responsible for a personal caseload of children and adults with cleft lip and palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) (with associated syndromes).
- To participate in the Combined Cleft Lip and Palate Clinics regionally as requested.
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
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
- Licence to Practice from RCSLT
- Post graduate specialist training to masters level equivalent
- Specific training in specialist clinical techniques e.g. nasendoscopy, videofluoroscopy
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant speech and language therapy experience plus experience working with cleft lip and palate
- Facilitating implementation of therapy by fellow professionals
- Organising and running groups
- Extensive experience of providing training to parents and professionals
- Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Supervising students
- Supervising SLT Assistants and junior therapists
- Involvement in audit and evaluation of projects
- Extensive knowledge of speech, language and communication development and disorders in children with cleft lip and palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD)
- Extensive specialist knowledge of a wide range of assessments and therapeutic approaches for young children with cleft lip and palate and noncleft VPD
- Good knowledge of national issues related to provision of cleft services
- In depth knowledge of the roles of other professionals working within the multidisciplinary cleft team
- Audit and research principles
Desirable
- Leading audit and evaluation of projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent teaching, training and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Highly developed phonetic speech transcription and analysis skills
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
Desirable
- Computer skills to ECDL level
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
- Licence to Practice from RCSLT
- Post graduate specialist training to masters level equivalent
- Specific training in specialist clinical techniques e.g. nasendoscopy, videofluoroscopy
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant speech and language therapy experience plus experience working with cleft lip and palate
- Facilitating implementation of therapy by fellow professionals
- Organising and running groups
- Extensive experience of providing training to parents and professionals
- Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Supervising students
- Supervising SLT Assistants and junior therapists
- Involvement in audit and evaluation of projects
- Extensive knowledge of speech, language and communication development and disorders in children with cleft lip and palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD)
- Extensive specialist knowledge of a wide range of assessments and therapeutic approaches for young children with cleft lip and palate and noncleft VPD
- Good knowledge of national issues related to provision of cleft services
- In depth knowledge of the roles of other professionals working within the multidisciplinary cleft team
- Audit and research principles
Desirable
- Leading audit and evaluation of projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent teaching, training and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Highly developed phonetic speech transcription and analysis skills
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
Desirable
- Computer skills to ECDL level
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).