Job summary
- Main area
- Therapies
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (N/A)
- Job ref
- 820-6592126-ASR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Moseley Hall Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 8a Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
Band 8a
Job overview
The remit of this post sits predominantly within inpatient neurological rehabilitation services, but will include clinical and service oversight to stroke and older adult services. The post holder will be an experienced Speech and Language Therapist with highly specialist knowledge of differential diagnosis associated with complex tracheostomy and upper airway management. Experience of working with adults with complex acquired disorders of communication and swallowing is essential, including competence in tracheostomy management.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be responsible for leading the team, delivering an efficient and clinically effective service. The successful applicant will be expected to hold a clinical caseload and be highly skilled in their field.
Strong leadership, interpersonal and team-working skills are essential as you will provide line management and competency development to staff. You will be expected to lead on quality improvement and implement teaching, training as well as provide supervision.
You will be joining the Trust which actively encourages innovation and service development, such as our recently established in-patient FEES service.
Your ongoing learning and development are a priority and will be actively supported by the Trust.
Working for our organisation
The Trust operates a ‘smoke free’ policy and is committed to equality of opportunity in employment, supports applications from all sections of the community, and encourages interest from ethnic minority groups and those with a disability.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The operational management of the in-patient SLT team
- To provide clinical leadership to the team and other MDT colleagues
- Ensuring the delivery of service and clinical outcomes are in line with Local and National Guidelines
- To develop service and financial plans, which are compatible with the strategic direction of the organisation
- Providing clinical expertise to patients, colleagues, the multidisciplinary team, the organisation and appropriate stakeholders
- Supporting the development and delivery of the clinical governance programme and working alongside senior nursing and other AHP colleagues on quality initiatives
- Responsible for the local interpretation and application of clinical and professional policies.
- Key link with local universities for the strategic management of pre-registration placement education
- To provide line management for Speech and Language Therapists
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Degree or Equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Master’s degree in relevant clinical area or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing and delivering specific training packages tailored to a wide variety of audiences ranging from nonqualified staff to academics and Consultants
- Membership of Specialist Interest group in a relevant area
Shortlisting
Essential criteria
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
Desirable criteria
- Degree or Equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
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
- Bethan Sykes
- Job title
- Group Clinical Manager (AHP)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971956965
- Additional information
Name: Clare Tooth
Email: [email protected]
Contcat number: 07540 672 645
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