Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 or Band 6 looking for a new challenge to join our Acute SLT team based at the North Mid. If you enjoy a fast paced environment and a varied caseload including care of elderly, acute medical, gastro, respiratory and oncology this could be the post for you. You will be an autonomous practitioner, able to manage your own caseload independently and you will have experience of assessing and managing a range of dysphagia and communication impairments. Speech and Language Therapy is part of the integrated Therapies Service and staff benefit from excellent learning opportunities through collaborative working. You will have regular clinical supervision with your senior and access to continuing professional development.

Main duties of the job
You will have experience of the inpatient setting and have completed your dysphagia competencies. The ability to hold a dysphagia and communication caseload including assessment, management, onward referrals and discharges to appropriate settings is paramount.We are looking for a team player who is motivated to take on new challenges and be a key player in facilitating patient flow across the acute medical wards. This role offers the opportunity to broaden your clinical skills and experience MDT working across a variety of acute medical conditions, whilst developing leadership skills by supervising junior staff and students on placement. You will need to demonstrate flexibility alongside good prioritisation skills. There will be opportunities to access both videofluoroscopy and FEEs clinics for your patients as well as developing clinical skills in these areas as appropriate. Promoting the role of Speech and Language Therapy within the Trust and more widely is also an essential part of the role.

About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description attached for a detailed outline of the job and main responsibilities.

Person Specification
Education and professional qualifications
Essential

• Degree or MSC in Speech and Language Therapy
• Health Professions Council Registration to Practice

Desirable

• Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties and managing a clinical caseload independently
• Experience of working with colleagues in health and other agencies
• Experience of working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, and able to identify ways to facilitate effective team working
• Experience and understanding of issues involved in working in a diverse community and of practical ways to ensure SLT practice is culturally appropriate and accessible
• Experience of managing demand in a busy, ideally acute setting, demonstrating ability to appropriately prioritise and manage workload efficiently and facilitate patient flow

Skills and Aptitudes
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly (verbal and written) and to overcome barriers to communication
• Ability to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information
• Ability to negotiate and deal with conflict
• Knowledge and ability to use a range of specialist assessment tools and procedures to evaluate adult acquired communication and swallowing impairments within the acute setting
• Knowledge of the role of instrumental assessment of swallowing within this setting (Videofluoroscopy/FEEs) and impact on longer term swallow management
• Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to adults with communication and swallowing and able to demonstrate the evidence base for these approaches
• Ability to organise and prioritise own caseload and that of student and junior staff
• Understanding the role of and process of clinical supervision, both as a supervisee and supervisor

Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential

• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Team player

Others
Essential

• Evidence of responding flexibly to change

Desirable

• Engagement with special interest groups with Speech and Language

Royal Free World Class Values
Essential

• Positively welcoming, Actively respectful, Clearly communicating, Visibly reassuring

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
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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).

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