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Job overview

Due to expansion of services an exciting opportunity has arisen for the creation of a new band 7 Speech and Language Therapist role.

We are looking for a passionate, autonomous and highly driven Band 7 speech and Language therapist to join the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit ( INRU) and the Stroke Rehabilitation teams at Moseley Hall hospital

Experience of working with adults with complex acquired disorders of communication and swallowing, relating to Neurology/Stroke is essential.    Competences in tracheostomy management are preferred; however, in house training can be supported to facilitate these skills if required.  You will be joining at a very exciting time, as we are in the process of setting up our FEES service.

Main duties of the job

This position is 30 hours per week based in the inpatient neuro rehabilitation services at Moseley Hall Hospital.

We are a progressive, expanding organization with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of care.

The post holder will work as part of a supportive interdisciplinary team including administrative staff, speech & language therapists, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, nurses and skilled support staff. Excellent training and development opportunities are available, with well established team meetings and CPD activities, as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system.

As part of this role you will take a lead providing highly specialist assessment and intervention  for patients with complex neurological impairments as a result of acquired brain injury and stroke. You will provide support to junior team members to develop their skills working with patients with complex communication and swallowing impairments including tracheostomy management and FEES assessment.

You will have keyworker responsibility for some of the patients, therefore excellent communication skills and flexibility is essential. You will line manage and provide supervision to more junior speech and language therapists, students and support staff/assistants.  

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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.