Band 8a Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 8a Highly Specialist Stroke Speech and Language Therapist -- Permanent post (30 hrs a week):

Are you passionate about delivering outstanding SLT care in stroke and rehabilitation? Are you keen to lead a team of specialist SLT's and work collaboratively with the stroke MDT? This post involves provision of highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy at expert practitioner level and having operational and strategic responsibility within the field of acute stroke.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is a large organisation, based in the vibrant city of Birmingham, now covering four busy hospital sites and a community service. Due to some internal reconfiguration, we have an exciting new opportunity at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals (HGS) part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to appoint a Band 8a Clinical Speech & Language Therapists to join our dynamic Speech & Language Therapy team.

This post includes participation in the 7-day service for inpatients across Heartlands Good Hope and Solihull. Hospitals, The successful candidate would lead the Speech and Language Therapy service at HGS across our ASU and ESD teams acting at an expert practitioner level providing clinical input within an acute stroke caseload and working closely with the MDT with reference to maintaining safety and the quality of care for patients.

You would be supporting the Clinical Team Lead and Professional lead by co-ordinating the team of speech and language therapists and supporting staff in delivering a clinically prioritised and safe service. The candidate would be actively engaged in the service delivery including business continuity, service planning, clinical governance and service innovation. You should have extensive post graduate experience in the field of stroke and rehabilitation supporting your advanced skills in dysphagia and communication management. Training in VF/FEES/Tracheostomy skills though desirable would be supported and encouraged by the service as part of your development

The SLT department at HGS are committed to ensuring staff feel supported with their career progression through supervision, appraisal, in-house and external training, and leadership development. There is also a strong focus on staff wellbeing within UHB Trust including ensuring that our staff work in an inclusive and diverse setting. The team is well respected in the wider hospital and has a reputation for providing excellent and efficient patient centred care.

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.