Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Speech & Language Therapist to join our team to lead in the provision of therapy to patients in our Neuro ESD service.
ESD provides time-limited, intensive, specialist neuro, home-based rehab with patients in Southampton city and surrounding Hampshire region, the service accepts patients primarily from University Hospitals Southampton, but also from other local acute units. The service also supports community-based clients, with a neuro diagnosis, to ensure they can remain in their homes.
The post holder will work closely with the other multidisciplinary team members consisting of Team Leads, trainee ACP, Physio's, Psychologists, OTs, Rehab Assistants, and admin support. Also maintaining close links with the wider SLT services and have the opportunity to lead on service development in these services.ESD is part of HIOWH Neuro Rehab Services, you will work alongside ESD Team Leads and be supported by the Matron and SLT Professional Lead. You will receive profession specific and CPD support.
You will have significant post graduate experience which must include some specific stroke/neuro clinical experience, evidence of working within an MDT and experience of leading on service improvement projects or audits. You must have an enthusiasm for providing evidence-based practice, particularly in the field of aphasia therapy.
For further details/queries please contact: Harriet Royle harriet.royle2@nhs.net or Natalie Windebank natalie.windebank@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
*To provide a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapy Service to a caseload including those with complex needs within area of speciality requiring highly specialist clinical knowledge and expertise.
*To work as part of an interdisciplinary neurological community team, in close collaboration with other relevant services/agencies e.g. acute stroke unit, community rehab teams, virtual wards, rapid response etc.
*To work as an autonomous practitioner providing highly specialist assessments, diagnosis and management of patients with swallowing and communication disorders and determine profession specific and multidisciplinary rehabilitation interventions.
*To work alongside the Team Leads, sharing responsibility for agreed leadership roles across the broader MDT.
*To support the SLT Professional Lead and Clinical Matron, deputising when required.
*To provide a lead role across the service and trust within specialist area, working with Team/locality and care pathway leads, Professional Lead for Adult SLT and other highly specialist colleagues, providing clinical leadership, driving forward service development, maintaining standards and ensuring the provision of up-to-date evidence-based care.
*To provide leadership for developing and evaluating the service.
*To provide clinical advice and second opinions.
*To be a source of expertise and support to colleagues across the service and will work with other statutory and independent agencies to ensure a holistic approach to client management.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
- Registered member RCSLT.
- HCPC Licence to Practice.
Desirable
- Accredited post graduate qualification in Dysphagia.
Experience
Essential
- Recent NHS experience of treating people with a range of stroke / neurological needs.
- Experience of independent working with stroke survivors.
- Experience of clinical supervision of students.
- Experience of receiving and providing clinical supervision.
- Experience of developing and delivering training.
- Formal presentation skills.
- Relevant experience of working within a multiprofessional team.
- Experience of working in a constantly changing environment.
Desirable
- Experience of providing intensive, impairment-based therapy.
- Experience of providing group therapy to both patients and carers.
- Experience of team leadership.
- Experience of appraising others.
- Experience of working with complex communication difficulties including the use of low and high-tech AAC.
- Experience of using outcome measures, audits and presenting clinical effectiveness data.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills.
- Sensitivity to a broad range of clients' needs.
- Supportive and excellent interpersonal skills -- including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- Efficient organisational skills and dependable working practices.
- Specialist clinical skills in acute communication and swallowing disorders.
- Self-motivated, assertive, diplomatic and tactful.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to coordinate and time manage conflicting demands/roles and apply contingencies.
- Ability to assume leadership responsibilities.
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Proven skills at being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities.
- Computer skills e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Good verbal and written skills e.g. pleasant manner when speaking to others, Literate and numerate in English.
- Ability to work as part of a close-knit team.
- Motivating and enthusiastic attitude.
- Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant client group.
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group).
- In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group).
- Understanding of clinical governance requirements and demonstrates compliance.
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping.
- Well-developed concentration skills.
- Ability to translate policy into practice.
- Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors which influence service delivery in own clinical area of specialism.
- Good understanding of meaning of leadership.
- Strong multi-disciplinary and team commitment.
- Knowledge of strategic direction of local organisation.
- Understanding of health & safety responsibilities and demonstrates compliance.
- Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities.
- Understanding of infection control procedures.
- Is able to work legally in the UK.
- Is able to work with children and vulnerable adults.
- Access to transportation on a daily basis.
- Full UK driving licence if using car and willing to insure vehicle for business use.
- Ability to travel daily for meetings across a range of sites in Southampton/Portsmouth/Hampshire.
- For posts which require a professional registration, post holders hold a valid up to date registration with their professional body.
- Ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions e.g. weather, exposure to unpleasant home environments and working conditions. The latter includes daily exposure to bodily fluids including sputum and urine.
- Able to exert moderate effort, on a daily basis, for short to prolonged periods of time in order to undertake required moving and handling procedures / treatment sessions / fitting of equipment.
- Sufficient dexterity to undertake fine motor tasks required for administering assessments / assisting patients / fitting equipment.
Desirable
- Post graduate advanced dysphagia training.
- Understanding of the meaning of Improving Working Lives.
- Knowledge of relevant networks/links for relevant client groups.
- Membership of relevant CENs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
- Registered member RCSLT.
- HCPC Licence to Practice.
Desirable
- Accredited post graduate qualification in Dysphagia.
Experience
Essential
- Recent NHS experience of treating people with a range of stroke / neurological needs.
- Experience of independent working with stroke survivors.
- Experience of clinical supervision of students.
- Experience of receiving and providing clinical supervision.
- Experience of developing and delivering training.
- Formal presentation skills.
- Relevant experience of working within a multiprofessional team.
- Experience of working in a constantly changing environment.
Desirable
- Experience of providing intensive, impairment-based therapy.
- Experience of providing group therapy to both patients and carers.
- Experience of team leadership.
- Experience of appraising others.
- Experience of working with complex communication difficulties including the use of low and high-tech AAC.
- Experience of using outcome measures, audits and presenting clinical effectiveness data.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills.
- Sensitivity to a broad range of clients' needs.
- Supportive and excellent interpersonal skills -- including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- Efficient organisational skills and dependable working practices.
- Specialist clinical skills in acute communication and swallowing disorders.
- Self-motivated, assertive, diplomatic and tactful.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to coordinate and time manage conflicting demands/roles and apply contingencies.
- Ability to assume leadership responsibilities.
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Proven skills at being flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities.
- Computer skills e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Good verbal and written skills e.g. pleasant manner when speaking to others, Literate and numerate in English.
- Ability to work as part of a close-knit team.
- Motivating and enthusiastic attitude.
- Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant client group.
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group).
- In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group).
- Understanding of clinical governance requirements and demonstrates compliance.
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping.
- Well-developed concentration skills.
- Ability to translate policy into practice.
- Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors which influence service delivery in own clinical area of specialism.
- Good understanding of meaning of leadership.
- Strong multi-disciplinary and team commitment.
- Knowledge of strategic direction of local organisation.
- Understanding of health & safety responsibilities and demonstrates compliance.
- Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities.
- Understanding of infection control procedures.
- Is able to work legally in the UK.
- Is able to work with children and vulnerable adults.
- Access to transportation on a daily basis.
- Full UK driving licence if using car and willing to insure vehicle for business use.
- Ability to travel daily for meetings across a range of sites in Southampton/Portsmouth/Hampshire.
- For posts which require a professional registration, post holders hold a valid up to date registration with their professional body.
- Ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions e.g. weather, exposure to unpleasant home environments and working conditions. The latter includes daily exposure to bodily fluids including sputum and urine.
- Able to exert moderate effort, on a daily basis, for short to prolonged periods of time in order to undertake required moving and handling procedures / treatment sessions / fitting of equipment.
- Sufficient dexterity to undertake fine motor tasks required for administering assessments / assisting patients / fitting equipment.
Desirable
- Post graduate advanced dysphagia training.
- Understanding of the meaning of Improving Working Lives.
- Knowledge of relevant networks/links for relevant client groups.
- Membership of relevant CENs.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
