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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Inpatients Feeding

GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, City of Westminster

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Inpatients Feeding

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GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 30 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6bbe5db16055414c886334ea03ed325f

Full Job Description

  • To provide a high-level specialist speech and language therapy service for in and out-patients with feeding and communication disorders arising from a wide range of rare and unusual conditions ensuring the highest standard of clinical care. This may include attendance at ward rounds, psycho-social ward meetings, case conferences, joint clinics and discharge planning meetings as necessary
  • To provide high-level specialist SLT assessment and management of developmental and acquired communication difficulties in the acute environment. Communicating effectively with the MDT within the trust and with community personnel, including paediatricians, health visitors, teachers, SENCOS and particularly the speech and language therapy profession
  • To function as an independent practitioner accessing the Department's supervision system, and seeking and maintaining peer support from other specialist practitioners.
  • To contribute to the development, service and team plans, policies and care protocol relating to the dysphagia and acute communication caseload in consultation with the Team Leader/Clinical Expert and multidisciplinary teams, using specialist knowledge.
  • To participate in the undergraduate and postgraduate speech and language therapy clinical training, and the teaching and training of other staff of different disciplines, in consultation with the Team Leader/Clinical Expert and Head of Speech and Language Therapy.

    Do you have advanced level skills in assessment and management of both communication and swallowing difficulties in the paediatric population? Do you have experience of working in an acute hospital? Our Inpatient and Feeding Speech and Language Therapy Team are looking for an experienced SLT to join them. We are currently recruiting to 1.0 whole time equivalent band 7 fixed term position., This post involves the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of communication and feeding problems of paediatric inpatients, from neonates to adolescents, with a wide range of complex medical conditions. You will be supported by senior clinicians and join a dynamic team of therapists with a range of specialist skills. Experience in carrying-out videofluoroscopy swallow studies is desirable but not essential.

    You would join our innovative and supportive team of 11 SLTs and a SLT Assistant. The team provides feeding and communication input to all 23 inpatient wards and 9 specialist outpatient feeding clinics. The inpatient and feeding team are part of the wider SLT department at GOSH comprising over 30 therapists., GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
    • We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee

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