Band 7 Speech & Language Therapy Team Leader (Medicine / HCOP)

We have a rare opportunity for a Speech & Language Therapy Team Leader to join our Medicine and Healthcare for Older People (HCOP) team at QEHB. Our service supports a wide range of patient cohorts who have communication and/or swallowing disorders including acute medicine, respiratory (including the respiratory support unit) and HCOP -- from the front door right through to discharge. We have a large yet close-knit, highly skilled team who contribute to our robust supervision structure. Innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development are actively encouraged. We have a well-established SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services so opportunities to access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available., The successful candidate would provide highly specialist input and leadership to the Medicine and HCOP teams, alongside a peer team leader. You would work closely with your peer SLT Team Leader, Specialist Speech and Language Therapists and NQP Speech and Language Therapists and assistants to provide an excellent level of care to our patient group. The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing dysphagia and communication difficulties relating to the acute medicine and HCOP caseload in a fast-paced environment. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• assessing and managing patients with swallowing and communication disorders on the acute medicine, respiratory, endocrinology and HCOP wards, including front-door services
• utilising or working towards advanced skills including tracheostomy and FEES
• service development and audit
• working closely with the MDT
  
  We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.
  
  QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population., We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to: Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives. UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work. University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.