Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (fixed term end date 1st July 2025)
- Job ref
- 432-HR143-24
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you a Speech and Language therapist with experience and interest in clinical voice disorders?
This is an excellent opportunity if you are seeking a Band 7 specialist post in clinical voice disorders, which involves working alongside the local Long-Covid pathway and our instrumental assessment service (both videofluoroscopy and FEES).
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible clinician that is autonomous in assessment and management of benign voice disorders and dysphagia with an underpinning of anatomy and physiology, and demonstrates excellent communication and administrative skills to support MDT working. Experience with the Long-Covid population and with Videofluoroscopy and/or FEES would be of benefit but is not essential. Depending on the level of experience, there may be an opportunity to support the delivery of the Joint Voice Clinic with ENT and our SLT-led therapeutic scoping clinic.
We offer excellent clinical support and supervision, and ongoing professional development is actively encouraged. Flexible working and part time hours will be considered.
Main duties of the job
You will be based at Ipswich Hospital and Allington Clinic, with telehealth a core part of therapeutic intervention. The voice service is part of a wider ENT service delivery model, including Head and Neck Cancer, and sits within a larger SLT team that covers both acute and community service provision. As we are part of an integrated service, community outreach domiciliary visits may be required, necessitating lone working and travel between places of work.
The purpose of this role is to:
- Provide a specialist level of expertise in the assessment and management of patients who present with benign clinical voice disorders. The caseload also includes delivery of voice and communication therapy to the transgender population.
- Support the delivery of the Joint Voice Clinic with ENT and our SLT-led therapeutic scoping clinics. This will be dependent on the level of experience of the candidate.
- Support patients along the long-covid pathway (assessing and managing communication, voice and swallowing changes). This involves having a close working relationship with the local Long-Covid MDT/service.
- Triage and prioritise referrals into the outpatient voice service and other relevant service areas.
- Offer support and clinical advice to therapists throughout the service, regarding the specialty including the Long-Covid MDT.
- Contribute to the delivery of the videofluoroscopy and FEES service.
- Contribute and lead on service development projects.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working in various settings and with a range of client groups – including the long-covid and transgender populations.
- • Experience of working as a member of a team (Speech & Language Therapy and MDT)
- • Experience of working in demanding settings, and with organising and participating in joint clinics
- • Significant specialist experience of working with people with benign clinical voice disorders (including complex cases)
- • Significant specialist experience of working with adults with acquired swallowing disorders
- • Experience of working with people with progressive/terminal illness
- • Experience of independently managing own caseload, including patients with dysphagia as well as communication difficulties (including complex cases)
- • Liaising with other agencies/other staff groups
- • Clinical supervision of students/junior staff
Desirable criteria
- • Teaching/training other staff
- • Participation in audit/research
- • Experience of directing SLT/Therapy assistants
- • Experience of analysing instrumental assessments and preparing detailed reports
- • High level interpretation of stroboscopy
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • RCSLT recognised degree or equivalent
- • Eligible for registered membership of RCSLT
- • HCPC membership
- • Independent dysphagia practitioner
- • Portfolio of CPD evidence relevant to post, including specialist knowledge of the client groups outlined
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of attendance at specialist voice/dysphagia courses
- • Evidence of Videofluoroscopy/FEES Competency specialist training/experience
- • Ability to travel to different places of work/driving licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Harrall
- Job title
- Professional Lead of Speech and Language
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07714629307
- Additional information
or
Meena Weeks, Specialist SLT (01473 703118/ [email protected]).
We strongly encourage those interested to contact the department to discuss the job role. We also welcome applications from experienced Band 6 clinicians with relevant skills looking to grow their experience.
You can also find out more about the local area, our team and our services here: https://esneft.pagetiger.com/speech-and-language-therapies/1
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