Job summary
Are you passionate about developing your career in specialist speech and language therapy?
Do you want to make a difference in a cutting-edge Trust?
Join us at UHBW where we're passionate about patient care, research, and innovation!
We are pleased to offer a fantastic opportunity to join the Adult Speech & Language Therapy Department at University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust on a temporary basis, covering a secondment within our team.
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Respiratory and Critical Care pathways. This role involves delivering specialist communication and dysphagia services to in patients across high-care Respiratory and Cardiology wards, the General Intensive Care Unit, and the Regional Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.You will also work with patients receiving ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), as our Trust is one of only six centrally-funded ECMO providers in England.
You will work with skilled Band 6 colleagues, Clinical Specialty Team Leads, and a dedicated SLT Assistant, while closely collaborating with the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Your responsibilities will include managing tracheostomised and ventilator-dependent patients and contributing to regular MDT teaching sessions.
Given the nature of this role, we are particularly keen to hear from candidates who have current competencies in SLT tracheostomy management.
Main duties of the job
We are a dynamic team providing an excellent service to our patients and staff. You will be working within a team who enjoy a supportive and friendly working environment, where we encourage participation and learning from one another at all times and focus our efforts towards a patient centred service. You will work as part of the wider SLT Adult service which has Specialist SLTs within Stroke, Older People and Progressive Neurological disorders, Head & Neck, Oncology and Voice. The department has regular in -service training, peer and line management supervision and weekly Videofluoroscopy and in-patient FEES services.
You can find out more about S&L and the Adult Therapy team here:Therapies - UHBW Careers
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree or equivalent
- HCPC registered/RCSLT Member
- Post graduate dysphagia qualification/experience
- Recent evidence of CPD in communication and swallowing problems in Respiratory & Critical Care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as core member of MDT
- Knowledge & experience of working with augmentative & assisted communication
- Experience of planning & implementing training to others & / or giving presentations
- Recent experience of working in Adult acute inpatient settings
- Knowledge &/or Experience of managing tracheostomy and ventilator dependent patients
- Recent experience of working with adults within Respiratory & Critical care
- Specialised knowledge & experience of a wide range of therapeutic models of working with communication disorders & dysphagia within Respiratory and Critical Care pathways
Desirable
- Experience using & interpreting videofluoroscopy / FEES & implementing findings into practice
- Experiencing supervising junior staff & students
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to review & reflect on own skills & knowledge, and to lead own CPD in conjunction with supervisors & peers
- Advanced dysphagia skills: Independent working with patients with complex dysphagia in a range of acute settings/ with multiple aetiologies including management of patients with Tracheostomies
- Demonstrates highly developed auditory & perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis & treatment of adult patients
- Ability to recognise own professional boundaries & accept support/ seek advice as appropriate
- Knowledge of clinical governance & audit
- Competent Information Technology Skills, including use of MS office tools, Outlook, Word, Excel
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to challenge & influence members of MDT
Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively & sensitively with a wide range of people
- Ability to manage own time appropriately & to prioritise tasks
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to meet deadlines & work under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to degree or equivalent
- HCPC registered/RCSLT Member
- Post graduate dysphagia qualification/experience
- Recent evidence of CPD in communication and swallowing problems in Respiratory & Critical Care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as core member of MDT
- Knowledge & experience of working with augmentative & assisted communication
- Experience of planning & implementing training to others & / or giving presentations
- Recent experience of working in Adult acute inpatient settings
- Knowledge &/or Experience of managing tracheostomy and ventilator dependent patients
- Recent experience of working with adults within Respiratory & Critical care
- Specialised knowledge & experience of a wide range of therapeutic models of working with communication disorders & dysphagia within Respiratory and Critical Care pathways
Desirable
- Experience using & interpreting videofluoroscopy / FEES & implementing findings into practice
- Experiencing supervising junior staff & students
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to review & reflect on own skills & knowledge, and to lead own CPD in conjunction with supervisors & peers
- Advanced dysphagia skills: Independent working with patients with complex dysphagia in a range of acute settings/ with multiple aetiologies including management of patients with Tracheostomies
- Demonstrates highly developed auditory & perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis & treatment of adult patients
- Ability to recognise own professional boundaries & accept support/ seek advice as appropriate
- Knowledge of clinical governance & audit
- Competent Information Technology Skills, including use of MS office tools, Outlook, Word, Excel
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to challenge & influence members of MDT
Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively & sensitively with a wide range of people
- Ability to manage own time appropriately & to prioritise tasks
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to meet deadlines & work under pressure
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8HW
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
