Job summary
Band 6 -7 Developmental Role for Acute Speech & Language Therapist
We are very excited to have been given new funding to recruit into our growing team of acute therapists. You will be expected to work through competencies for VFS and MSBSIMPs and tracheostomy and will be supported by a group of very experienced clinicians who are passionate about improving the welfare of patients on our wards who have communication, swallowing and or airway difficulties.
Our team is very friendly and proactive and we are happy to field any informal visits and or enquiries about this new vacancy.
Main duties of the job
- Provide highly specialist assessment, differential diagnosis and appropriate intervention for inpatients with subsequent dysphagia and communication problem
- Be a specialist clinician for Videofluroscopy Examination
- Provide leadership to junior staff managing acute wards and manage and advise clinical lead re capacity and demand
About us
One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent.
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice and current registration.
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (R.C.S.L.T.)
- Evidence of reaching recognised post graduate dysphagia competency and or equivalent experiential competence and proven years' experience
- Experiential learning necessary to demonstrate highly specialist skills of acute dysphagia and VFS caseload
Desirable
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Acquired service)
Experience
Essential
- Proven years post graduate experience within care group
- Experience of delivering training to other Speech and Language Therapists, carers and other professionals.
- Experience in supervising SLT staff.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deal with episodes of challenging behaviour including physical and verbal aggression and apply appropriate management techniques.
- Ability to use Word, PowerPoint, e-mail, Excel and Access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
- Ability to provide second opinions to Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals.
- Ability to develop case management skills in less experienced staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent.
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice and current registration.
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (R.C.S.L.T.)
- Evidence of reaching recognised post graduate dysphagia competency and or equivalent experiential competence and proven years' experience
- Experiential learning necessary to demonstrate highly specialist skills of acute dysphagia and VFS caseload
Desirable
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Acquired service)
Experience
Essential
- Proven years post graduate experience within care group
- Experience of delivering training to other Speech and Language Therapists, carers and other professionals.
- Experience in supervising SLT staff.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deal with episodes of challenging behaviour including physical and verbal aggression and apply appropriate management techniques.
- Ability to use Word, PowerPoint, e-mail, Excel and Access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages
- Car owner/driver/access to a motor vehicle (role will involve travel to other sites that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means)
- Ability to provide second opinions to Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals.
- Ability to develop case management skills in less experienced staff.
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).
