Job summary
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team in the Speech and Language Therapy department at Queen's Hospital, Burton. This is a cross-site role, as we provide a service to both the acute hospital in Burton on Trent and community hospitals sites in Lichfield and Tamworth, where patients undergo further rehabilitation before discharge.

In this role you will provide communication and swallowing assessments for adults with varying diagnoses, including stroke, dementia, frailty and respiratory conditions. You will work on the wards at Queen's Hospital, Burton and Samuel Johnson and Sir Robert Peel community hospitals.

You will be part of a supportive team with access to structured supervision and appraisal. The role includes working with the wider MDT in the different ward settings to support the best patient outcomes for hospital discharge. Patients transfer to the community hospitals from a number of acute sites locally, so liaison with teams from other Trusts will be key to provide continuity of care

As a valued member of the team, there will be opportunities for further developing your clinical skills and overall professional development, including involvement in service development, training, audit, and quality improvement projects.

Main duties of the job

• To independently manage a caseload of adults with acquired communication and/or swallowing disorders in acute and community hospital ward settings.
• To provide specialist assessment and treatment for patients, using specialist knowledge and skills, underpinned by current evidence-based practice.
• To work in collaboration with other members of the MDT to provide an integrated service for patients, MDT assessment, and family/carer support and education.
• To participate in quality improvement projects, including audit and training of staff within the MDT to support best practice in dysphagia management.
• To support the training and development of students on placement.

About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification.
• HCPC registration

Experience
Essential

• Substantive post-graduate experience within adult care working at a specialist level with communication and swallowing disorders.
• Experience of working with patients who have acquired disorders, including stroke, dementia and frailty.
• Skilled in delivering training to a wide range of groups/people.

Skills
Essential

• Proven ability to be an effective team member and demonstrate leadership within own role.
• Able to demonstrate the application of new and ongoing learning/experience in clinical practice.

Values and behaviours
Essential

• Able to build and maintain effective relationships with the MDT, patients and carers.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to working clinically, professionally and within the organisation.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Queen's Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton on Trent, DE13 0RB

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