Job summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Work as part of the Acute SLT team, primarily leading the acute medical wards including theadmissions areas.
- Provide regular communication and swallowing assessment and therapy to patients withcomplex needs.
- Continually represent the SLT service within acute and general medicine.
- Be innovative in your approach to patient care and service delivery, whilst being part of MDTservice initiatives.
- Support patients to have an instrumental assessment of their swallowing.
- Offer training and support to less experienced SLTs and other staff.
- Support the SLT team in leading or taking on non-clinical tasks e.g. student coordination,clinical effectiveness, catering link role.
If you are:
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Experienced in working with patients with complex communication and swallowing difficulties,
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Skilled in using instrumental assessments e.g. FEES and/or VF,
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Experienced in supervising and educating others,
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Experienced in representing SLT in an MDT setting, and effectively advocating for patients' needs,
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Experienced in working in an acute hospital, and
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Experienced in planning, delivering and evaluating clinical audits, service evaluations and/or research
We would love to hear from you.
About us
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what's possible for the role and service. UHS employees can access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
The Department of Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy employs approximately 130 staff, with clinical experts working across a range of specialities, providing acute services in both adults and paediatrics. As a tertiary hospital, we have senior SLTs in a wide range of specialist areas. There is access to regular CPD sessions, and opportunities to engage in service development and research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
General Duties
- Provide a highly specialist, high-quality, evidence-based, effective speech and language therapy service within defined clinical areas.
- Attend ward rounds/multidisciplinary meetings/case conferences to provide expert advice to multidisciplinary teams regarding the provision of appropriate communication, eating, drinking and/or swallowing expertise integrating assessment, assisting diagnosis and influencing treatment decisions for patients and carers.
- Independently formulate, deliver, monitor and adjust accordingly, individualised communication, eating, drinking and swallowing treatment plans, recognising limitations of treatment options, and when to refer to other disciplines or to seek expert advice.
- Make clinical judgements and decisions based on individual assessments, clinical condition and other parameters including the environment, and select and evaluate appropriate treatment plans including recommending appropriate communication strategies and diet texture modification products.
- Provide complex communication, eating, drinking and swallowing counselling to patients/carers offering appropriate advice and reassurance.
- Effectively negotiate and communicate speech and language therapy goals with patients/carers.
- Communicate and liaise with multidisciplinary teams to ensure patients communication, eating, drinking and swallowing needs are being met and patients can actively engage in their care.
- Where necessary, provide information and education to clinicians, patients, and carers.
- Interpret and apply national clinical guidelines to ensure that speech and language therapy treatment enables patients to achieve optimal improvement in quality of life.
For additional information, please refer to the job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- HCPC (Health and Care professions Council) registered speech and language therapist
- Evidence of commitment to relevant ongoing CPD and development in relevant areas
- Evidence of commitment to relevant ongoing CPD and development in relevant areas
- Evidence of post-graduate training in relevant speciality
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience and involvement with training
- Ability to communicate complex information fluently, confidently and effectively to a diverse range of people: e.g. with patients, carers, managers and other health care professionals
- Ability to demonstrate a practical and sensitive approach and flexibility in working style when applying clinical judgement to complex clinical issues
- Ability to create rapport and professionally manage relationships with colleagues, patients and carers and the emotional challenges this presents
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and relevant specialist groups
- Experience of leading or co-ordinating audit or research work
- Clinical supervisory skills training
Trust Values
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Address
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD