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Job overview

1. Provide a highly specialist, high standard Speech and Language Therapy service, assessing and advising on patients care & treatment, as an autonomous practitioner working with patients with dysphagia and communication difficulty.
2. Provide clinical supervision and acting as a resource to advise Speech and Language Therapy staff working with dysphagia and communication, ensuring that an integrated & successful therapy service is provided.
3. Work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programmes, taking on the role of care co-ordinator where appropriate.
4. Take a lead on the planning, development, co-ordination & evaluation within the Speech and Language Therapy service.
5. Provide support and cover across the whole SLT service within your competencies.
6. Cordinate the service provided across Rugby St Cross and UHCW wards.

Main duties of the job

1)    Clinical

1.    Maintain a clean safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness hygiene & infection control at all times.

2.    Be professionally & legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. Ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under your management and to support more junior staff to do likewise.

3.    Interpret & analyse clinical & non clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis & prognosis on wide range of highly complex conditions in order to recommend the best course of intervention, evaluate outcomes, reassess & to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

4.    Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with dysphagia and communication difficulties including those with complex presentation. Investigate & analyse skills & formulate individualised management & treatment plans and specialised programmes of care. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.