Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and innovative clinician, with a track record of quality improvement and staff management to come and join our forward-thinking department as our Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist for St Bartholomew's Hospital.

St Barts Therapies department strives to contribute to the hospitals mission to be a centre of excellence in cardiac, respiratory and cancer care. We are passionate about innovation in service delivery and promoting a healthy workplace culture where staff feel valued and want to come and work. Our Therapies department comprises a diverse team of OT's, Physiotherapists, Dieticians, Speech and language Therapists, Exercise Physiologists and Support workers.

Main duties of the job

This position has a key clinical leadership and management role, championing and driving initiatives within the Speech and Language Therapy profession. Clinically the post holder will support and manage SaLT's within the Barts Heart and Cancer Centres, as well as building collaborative relationships across the MDT and external agencies. Their clinical work will support SaLT's to enable them to deliver diagnostic and clinical care to patients, providing expert advice on complex clinical issues within Oncology and Palliative care, critical care and Cardiorespiratory specialties.

The role will support the head and deputy head of Therapies in setting the strategic direction for the department and deliver on key objectives within the field of SaLT. These objectives are co-created with its workforce and other stakeholders, including our service users.

You will benefit from a supportive multi-disciplinary team and be able to access a wide range of education and development opportunities to further develop your potential within the four pillars of clinical practice, research, education and leadership.

Working for our organisation

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Clinical experience of a wide range of acute conditions, including critical care, sub-acute rehabilitation and end of life care
• Experience working as a senior SaLT. This includes the management of adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders (use of instrumental swallowing assessments including Video Fluoroscopy and Fiber optic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing)
• Experienced in use of instrumental swallowing assessments including Video Fluoroscopy and Fiber optic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing and developing staff in use of these tools
• Experience of managing, supervising and appraising senior and junior staff, students and assistants
• Significant contribution to the development of policies and practice in the area of adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders
• Experience of successfully leading and implementing service improvement or change projects
• Ability to understand complex issues, problem solve and propose solutions

Desirable criteria

• Experience of work/projects which involve and consult with patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement
• Experience treating neurological conditions, oncology, cardiac and head and neck pathologies
• Experience providing training/ lecturing in the field of adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders
• Experience of managing a budget
• Experience in quality improvement initiatives
• Working across and leading Trust wide projects
• Experience of delivering PPI initiatives
• Experience in performance reviews, including collecting and analysing relevant data and presenting to members of the leadership team
• Experience of risk and incident management

Skills

Essential criteria

• Fluent in the use of MS Office apps
• Effective problem solving skills
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills
• Good analytical ability
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement
• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making and delivering in a timely and confident manner
• Ability to develop a culture of openness and partnership
• Ability to develop staff both operationally and professionally
• Ensuring continuous development to promote job satisfaction and retention
• Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services
• Demonstrates flexibility in approach and attitude both operationally and strategically
• Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Can identify, assess and manage potential risks in work for self and others and manage any consequence to patients which may be highly distressing, antagonistic, open to aggression and/or unpleasant to self, patients and others

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification
• HCPC registration
• Masters level study in relevant professional area
• Extensive Post graduate training in a clinical specialism of adults with acquired communication or swallowing disorders

Desirable criteria

• Member of relevant clinical interest group
• Leadership training
• Research training/ qualifications
• QI training
• Member of RCSLT

Other

Essential criteria

• Lead by example, promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity.
• Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
• Able to prioritise, organise and delegate
• Acts as a role model for such an approach even where this results in challenges to how things are done
• High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations
• Experienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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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

• JD/PS (PDF, 224.1KB)
• Our Values and Behaviours (PDF, 334.9KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 92.0KB)
• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 549.5KB)