Job summary
Post: band 7 Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapists-Paediatric Dysphagia
Hours: 37.5 hours/week
Location: Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Do you have advanced or are working towards advanced level skills in paediatric dysphagia? We are looking for an experienced children's acute Speech and Language Therapist .The successful candidate will join our experienced & supportive team of 8 SLT's (6.86 wte) who provide the inpatient service for our neonatal, children and young people .
The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a Tertiary hospital which admits children from the North West of England. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing holistic care to patients across all wards.
Main duties of the job
This post provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your skills in the assessment and management of children with feeding & communication difficulties within the acute setting. This will include assessment & management of infants and children with tracheostomy, children with metabolic conditions, children with rare & congenital conditions.
You will have significant experience working in Paediatric dysphagia ideally in an acute setting supported by Post Basic Dysphagia Qualification or equivalent. You must also have experience working with infants and children with special needs including pre-school & school aged children.
Knowledge of tracheostomy assessment & management and Videofluroscopy are desirable.
There will be excellent in-house clinical support working alongside other experienced therapists.
This post is primarily a paediatric Dysphagia post but there may also be opportunities to work with paediatric complex and acquired communication disorders within the hospital setting.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oAccredited degree or equivalent Certificate to Practice (SLT) oRegistered with HCPC (Health care Professionals Council)
- oCompletion of highly specialist accredited courses in dysphagia management
Desirable
- post-graduate training in leadership / management or relevant experience.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oHighly comprehensive applied theoretical knowledge and experience of the assessment, diagnosis, and management of acute dysphagia
- oEvidence of providing SLT interventions for feeding infants and children
- oExperience in the use of videofluoroscopy for paediatric dysphagia
- o Skilled in interpreting and communicating outcomes of SLT assessment /treatment plans to other professionals
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working within an acute hospital setting with children with feeding / swallowing problems and speech and language impairment
- oExperience at specialist level in relevant field of paediatric dysphagia
- experience of working within a multi -disciplinary team
- oExperience of line management/ clinical supervision for less experienced staff
- oGood leadership experience and ability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oAccredited degree or equivalent Certificate to Practice (SLT) oRegistered with HCPC (Health care Professionals Council)
- oCompletion of highly specialist accredited courses in dysphagia management
Desirable
- post-graduate training in leadership / management or relevant experience.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oHighly comprehensive applied theoretical knowledge and experience of the assessment, diagnosis, and management of acute dysphagia
- oEvidence of providing SLT interventions for feeding infants and children
- oExperience in the use of videofluoroscopy for paediatric dysphagia
- o Skilled in interpreting and communicating outcomes of SLT assessment /treatment plans to other professionals
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of working within an acute hospital setting with children with feeding / swallowing problems and speech and language impairment
- oExperience at specialist level in relevant field of paediatric dysphagia
- experience of working within a multi -disciplinary team
- oExperience of line management/ clinical supervision for less experienced staff
- oGood leadership experience and ability
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).
