Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join the Stroke Speech and Language Therapy Team at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are looking for a clinician who is passionate about improving outcomes for people with stroke, who wants to develop advanced clinical skills to deliver expert assessment and intervention for communication and swallowing disorders. Alongside delivering evidence-based care in acute and rehabilitation settings, the successful candidate will contribute to supporting staff, service improvement and innovation.

You will be working with other Band 7 SLTs in the Stroke team, as well as junior colleagues and assistants. You will be part of a large dynamic SLT service, with opportunities for peer supervision and collaborate with other SLTs at NUH. The Stroke service operates across City and QMC campuses. There is access to FEES and videofluoroscopy with opportunities for training and development of your clinical and leadership skills.

This is a full time post but we would consider part time requests. There may be a requirement to work on the weekend and bank holidays as part of a rota.

If you're unsure whether you meet all the requirements, please do get in touch to discuss. We are keen to recruit the right person and are happy to explore how your skills and experience might fit within our team.

Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The post holder will contribute to a specialist clinical service and provide high quality Speech and Language Therapy intervention to patients who have had a stroke. We are looking for someone with advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking and reflection skills. There is close working with the clinical MDT for co-ordinated and integrated clinical care. The post-holder will also work with the MDT for service development, service evaluation and governance.

The post holder will have proven knowledge, skills and experience working in Stroke and or neuro rehabilitation. They will be providing in-depth assessment and intensive therapy. The post holder will have advanced skills in working with communication and dysphagia, ideally with experience of instrumental assessments.

About us
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. NUH are just opened the National Rehabilitation Centre.

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

Job responsibilities
Service delivery

• To work autonomously to provide a coordinated and highly specialist service to designated specialism within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context and inform and advise the service leads as to training, resources, trends and development needs
• To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals ensuring management and treatment meets the holistic needs, providing a well co-ordinated care plan for specialism/setting
• To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums
• To represent speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs at agreed forums
• To participate in multi- disciplinary projects as agreed.

Clinical Practice

• To independently manage, triage and prioritise own complex caseload providing a highly specialist SLT assessment, formulation, diagnosis, intervention and advice based on evidence based practice

The post requires

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree
• HCPC and RCSLT registration
• Evidence of appropriate CPD post qualifying.
• Excellent IT skill
• Fully driving licence and access to your own vehicle

Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification.
• Additional postgraduate training up to master's degree equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council License to Practice
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Post-graduate experience in specialist area

Desirable

• Master's degree

Experience
Essential

• Significant post graduate experience within this specialist client group, working with dysphagia and communication difficulties autonomously and without direct supervision
• Experience in evaluation of evidence based practice, audit, and benchmarking
• Experience of service development and service planning
• Experience of supporting and supervising less experienced staff
• Experience of working in the acute setting
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency
• Tracheostomy competencies
• NHS experience

Desirable

• Advanced post-graduate training in dysphagia
• FEES/VF competency
• Tracheostomy competencies
• Advanced post grad training for this client group
• Experience working in community, outpatient setting

Communication and relationship skills
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Well-established negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrate leadership ability
• Demonstrated NUH Trust values

Analytical and judgement skills
Essential

• Ability to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options, based on well-established knowledge of a broad range of assessments and a range of appropriate specialist therapeutic interventions
• Ability to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options including clinical and strategic issues
• Assess and manage risk in own area including identifying clinical risks and carry out MDT Risk assessments as appropriate
• Provides and contributes to the analysis of information and data such as caseload statistics, outcomes, activities, contacts, referral patterns

Planning and organisation skills
Essential

• Plans, manages and prioritises own specialist caseload and those of others
• Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
• Effective delegation and time management skills
• Plans, organises and delivers in service training and clinical education of students
• Ensures appropriate clinical and profession-specific supervision arrangements in place for staff within remit
• Demonstrates flexibility of working and appropriate understanding of roles within a team

Physical skills
Essential

• Able to undertake SLT inventions in a busy ward-based environment
• Able to use computer keyboard, relevant computer programmes including the inputting of data

Other requirements specific to the role
Essential

• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
• Car driver

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address: Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

For questions about the job, contact:
Speech and Language Therapy Pathway Lead, Sian Rajakaruna, sian.rajakaruna2@nhs.net, 07812277888