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.,

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  Essential
• Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Evidence of commitment to advanced clinical and non-clinical continued professional development within own speciality, post registration training, management competencies and evidence of a detailed personal development portfolio.
• Relevant accredited postgraduate education / courses in Stroke
Desirable
• Leadership training
• Postgraduate advanced accredited dysphagia training
Experience Essential
• Relevant postgraduate experience in key specialist area's relevant to the post
• Extensive experience of management of adults with complex swallowing / communication needs
• Significant experience as a clinical leader including direct clinical supervision of staff
• Teaching experience to multi-professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
• Experience of leading audit
• Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi-disciplinary teams and across agencies
• Ability to constructively challenge current practice and identify opportunity to develop, implement and facilitate change in practice by others
• Able to interpret and analyse a range of policy, clinical guidelines and data and their relevance for practice. The service responds to national initiatives and policy within the framework of clinical governance including clinical effectiveness, evidence based healthcare, managing clinical risk and development issues, and that there is evaluation against national benchmarks where appropriate
• Good understanding of IT systems and its application to clinical practice
Desirable
• Experience of involvement in VF / FEES clinic
• Good understanding of principles of data and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
• Knowledge and understanding of the research process
• Good knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of patients
• Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
Additional Criteria Essential
• Advanced knowledge of assessment tools and a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
• Advanced knowledge of trends and best practice in the clinical specialism
• Good working knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) and their implications for SLT
• Competence in the facilitation of mental capacity decision making
• Well-developed leadership and influential skills, able to lead and command confidence in senior therapists, consultants, senior nurses and managers within and related to stroke & neurology work effectively across boundaries
• Excellent verbal & written skills; able to communicate complex clinical information in a clear and logical manner to patients, colleagues and other healthcare professional concerning a wide range of clinical situations
• Good teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
• Proven organisational skills including prioritisation and delegation
• Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors influencing service
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent analytical and reflection skills
• Excellent organisational skills and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work through interpreters to gain information on communication impairment / ability
• Able to judge limits of skills / competence and recognise professional boundaries
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong sense of professional integrity, and compliance with Trust vision and values
• Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Able and willing to work flexibly in order to meet service priorities
• Excellent time management and organisational skills and able to meet deadlines and targets
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Flexible to work between sites
• Participation in 7 day working
Desirable
• Car driver. Able to meet the travel requirements of the position
  
  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.