Job summary
- Main area
- Integrated Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (1 year from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1587
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and experienced senior speech & language therapist to join a team of over 40 Trust-wide Adult SLTs, for a one year fixed term. You will work primarily within the H&N cancer service based at Charing Cross Hospital (CXH), as well as supporting dysphagia services more widely (with focus on instrumental assessments). This exciting opportunity has arisen following the secondment of one of our substantive post-holders to an advanced NIHR fellowship.
- You will have a specific remit to inpatients and outpatients presenting with swallowing and communication needs arising from H&N cancer, including those with tracheostomy and following laryngectomy.
- You will also support wider dysphagia service needs, with focus on instrumental assessments and service developments in this area.
- You will work alongside a fellow clinical lead specialist SLT for H&N, providing leadership to the SLT H&N service, as well as a number of clinical lead specialists across other specialist areas across the Trust.
- You will contribute to innovation and service developments within the specialism, working closely with the service managers, consultants and specialist nurses to provide and develop the service.
We are willing to accept applications from staff at band 7 who are suitably qualified and experienced to work at band 7 level in the team. The relevant JD is attached for reference.
Main duties of the job
- This job description is for clinical lead therapists who lead uni or integrated therapy teams on one or more hospital sites and/or community within Medicine, Surgery & Cancer, Neurosciences, Outpatients, Nutrition & Dietetics, Speech & Language Therapy and/or Children’s therapies.
- This post relates specifically to Clinical Lead Specialist SLT - H&N & Dysphagia, based at Charing Cross Hospital (CXH). The post holder acts as a clinical lead specialist providing a service to inpatients and outpatients presenting with impairments of swallowing and communication related to H&N cancer primarily, as well as supporting Trust-wide dysphagia requirements, with focus on instrumental assessments.
- The post-holder is supported by the Clinical Service Lead SLT and fellow Clinical Lead
- Specialist SLT colleagues within H&N and wider SLT services.
- The service also receives academic support from the Senior Clinical Academic SLT.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Diploma / Degree in Speech & Language Therapy
- Health and Care Professions Council registration.
- Evidence of experience / post graduate training and education to Masters Level or equivalent and CPD relevant to speciality area.
- Evidence of structured training on appraisal and supervisory skills.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of relevant professional groups relevant Specialist interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience post qualification with evidenced experience at a senior level within relevant speciality – management of complex swallowing and communication impairment relating to H&N cancer (including laryngectomy/surgical voice restoration) and other acquired conditions affecting swallowing, including those with tracheostomy, within acute and outpatient settings.
- Experience of managing staff on performance and other workforce policies.
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result.
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality improvement projects.
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both general and specific to clinical field/ speciality.
- Experience of leading an effective team.
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 8a level.
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and application of best evidence based practice in relevant speciality area and application of therapy assessments and intervention.
- Ability to articulate vision of the therapy service in the clinical area.
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly, and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients and staff.
- Proven negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Skills in presentation and training in both formal and informal environments.
- Ability to prepare service level reports e.g. demand/activity.
- Ability to select and analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively to support service development.
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 FEES competent
- Evidence of presentation at national level.
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
- Lauren Murphy
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Specialist SLT H&N
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Or Gemma Clunie, Clinical lead academic AHP [email protected]
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