Clinical Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, with a special interest in acute medicine. The post holder will work with the wider multi-disciplinary teams focusing on patients who are at risk of deconditioning and frailty. The post holder will support our team looking at how we as a service can support flow through the acute hospital, building links into the community. The post holder will be well supported joining a team of clinical specialist and operational leads. This is a permanent part-time (3 days a week) band 8a post working within a large acute SLT department in a large teaching hospital.

The post holder will be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the SLT service in close collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues within the service.

This will include taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have highly complex needs, determine clinical diagnosis and SLT treatment indicated. This post offers the opportunity to use and further develop skills in the use of instrumental assessments.

The post holder will be able to influence the scope and development of this post. There is support from within Speech and Language Therapy and the wider Therapies directorate and plenty of leadership development opportunities, The post holder will work alongside the senior SLT leadership team to influence the strategy of how we deliver our services. The post holder will work within the Specialist Medicine and Dementia SLT team. They will provide clinical leadership to the SLTs in that team and across the broader SLT service. They will support the operational lead with the delivery of the service and a key role will be scoping out the future needs of the service.

Applicants should have excellent organisation skills and be able to manage a caseload and set priorities. They will provide supervision and second opinions to less experienced members of staff. They will work closely with the multi-professional teams at NUH. They should have advanced skills working with swallowing and communication difficulties.

They will need excellent communication and leadership skills, be adaptable and confident to work autonomously and with other members of staff within a supportive team.

We would like the post holder to take part and support service improvements, audits and research projects. We are looking for an SLT who is enthusiastic, motivated, able to evidence continuing professional development and keen to develop themselves and others.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH