Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Neonates/Acute

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Neonates/Acute

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

We are looking for a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapist to support our neonatal services across the Humber Health Partnership Group. You will work as part of a newly-established MDT on the neonatal unit/s at Hull Royal Infirmary and will also support the Units at Diana Princess of Wales (Grimsby) and Scunthorpe General hospitals - working closely with other medical, nursing and AHP colleagues. You will provide autonomous specialist assessment, treatment and advice to inpatients for NICU, SCBU infants and in-reach to ward based inpatients who present with feeding/swallowing or communication difficulties.

This role will link closely with community paediatric services provided by colleagues working in Humber Foundation trust (Hull) and the wider children's therapy S&LT service (Northern Lincolnshire), and support and supervision will be enabled, as well as links to wider neonatal networks.

Main duties of the job

To work within the Speech & Language Therapy Team to provide an efficient and effective service in line with the guidance of the Head of Speech & Language Therapy, The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT), the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

To coordinate and lead delivery of a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapy service in Neonatal care/acute paediatrics. To promote continuing professional development, evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness, and audit/research activity. Advise and provide clinical support in the specialism to community SLTs and other professionals, as applicable.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy (or equivalent)
• Registered with HCPC
• Qualification in Videofluoroscopy and/or tracheostomy
• Member of RCSLT

Experience

• Significant experience of working in paediatric and neonatal critical care settings
• Proven experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience in supporting/including leading Videofluoroscopy clinics
• Supervision of junior staff
• Member of appropriate Clinical Excellence Networks (CEN)
• Experience of managing staff

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel between hospital sites and/or in the community as required

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

• Highly motivated
• Reliable
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to deal effectively with challenging situations
• Sound knowledge of relevant areas of Dysphagia and early feeding development and/or communication difficulties.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate

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.