Speech and Language Therapist

We have a fantastic opportunity for a band 5 SLT to join our clinically passionate, friendly inpatient speech and language therapy team at the Royal Surrey Hospital.

The post holder will have the opportunity to rotate across the Acute Medical and Stroke & Neurology SLT teams. We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated therapists with a keen desire to learn the skills necessary to excel in these rotations. Ideal candidates will have gained post-graduate competencies in acquired dysphagia management and have relevant experience in an acute setting, however, support and training can be provided for candidates with suitable transferrable skills. We will consider applications from exceptional newly qualified practitioners.

Main duties of the job

The speech and language therapy team have extensive expertise in the management of patients with head and neck cancer (including laryngectomy), stroke, neurology, critical care, neuro-oncology, general medicine and voice disorders. The SLT team place a high value on the acquisition and development of evidence based clinical skills for the benefit of patients. We offer a supportive environment with regular team meetings and a rolling in-service CPD programme.

The SLT team are committed to sharing best practice in the fields of acquired communication and swallow disorders, so provide regular training sessions for doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants as well as those staff trained to carry out basic dysphagia screening.

You must be registered with the RCSLT and HCPC (NQPs will be required to work at band 4 level until HCPC registration is received) for this post.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

To provide a specialist service to in-patients including assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and evaluation of outcomes.

To provide teaching and training (formal and informal) to Student Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) including Basic Swallow Screen Testing (BSST) for nurses with support from the BSST lead SLT.

To manage own caseload independently.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree
• Health and Care Professional Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of RCSLT
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
• Evidence of successful completion of post-graduate NQP and dysphagia competencies

Knowledge and Skills

• Research awareness
• Knowledge and use of patient-centred outcome measures
• Able to manage and prioritise own caseload and workload independently
• Knowledge and experience of other clinical specialities/professionals
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance/audit
• Knowledge of standards of record keeping and Information Governance
• Knowledge of national and local policies / procedures relevant for the post
• Knowledge of assessment tools and treatment techniques relevant to acquired communication / dysphagia needs in chosen field
• Recent experience in acute adult in-patient setting with high volume, high throughput caseload including dysphagia management
• Experience of videofluoroscopy / FEES attendance

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.

Operational Manager Speech & Language Therapy

£31,469 to £38,308 a year per annum including High Cost Area Supplement