Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist

We are excited to announce a brand new opportunity at UHNM for a highly skilled, dynamic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to lead our Critical Care Speech and Language Therapy team at UHNM.

The post involves working with a range of disciplines as part of the dynamic and innovative Critical Care Rehabilitation Team. The post holder will manage a varied caseload of patients with communication difficulties and dysphagia with a particular focus on ventilator dependent patients and tracheostomy. Videofluoroscopy of swallowing (VFS) and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is an essential part of this role which supports our combined goal to provide an excellent standard of care across all pathways, with patient welfare at the heart of everything we do., The post holder will be the Clinical Lead in the field of Critical Care within the Speech and Language Therapy Team. The post holder will provide and lead highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy input to Critical Care at UHNM, also providing clinical and operational leadership and management to support the Speech and Language Team. The post holder will also be key to the development of wider Speech and Language Therapy services at UHNM and support provision of safe practice as part of the AHP and Quality Strategy. The post holder will deputise for the Head of Speech and Language Therapy as required.as required.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.