Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a B7 Advanced Speech and Language Therapy post  at 0.2 WTE to provide a service for children and young people within Special Schools who have dysphagia.

The successful applicant will have an opportunity to work within a small team of Speech and Language Therapists within Special Schools as well as a small Dysphagia Team. 

Main duties of the job

To provide a high quality, comprehensive service in line with the guidance of the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and HCPC

To be clinically responsible and accountable for the specialist service area of Dysphagia within Special Schools

To continue to demonstrate advanced clinical skills in practice and provide support and advice re the service development and the delivery of care in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, commissioners, managers, external agencies across a the agreed service area.

To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multi disciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to broad range of audiences, including other professionals and service users.

To continuously evaluate the level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures

To maintain knowledge of current research and clinical developments.

Provide support to children who may be under stress (and their families, carers) undergoing a diagnostic procedure enabling them to engage with the therapeutic process

Keep accurate and contemporaneous records in case note documentation in line with departmental and professional guidelines.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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