Band 5 Rotational Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is a large organisation, based in the vibrant city of Birmingham, now covering four busy hospital sites and a community service. This Adult Speech and Language Therapy position is a rotational post and will be based at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospital sites providing input to adult clients across in-patients, early supported discharge, ENT services and Solihull community.

Due to new funding within the department we are pleased to offer this excellent opportunity for a band 5 therapist to join our dynamic team and gain experience rotating through this broad spectrum of adult clinical caseloads and settings. Within our band 5 rotational structure there is the opportunity to work with communication, dysphagia, voice and Head and neck cancer caseloads within both the hospital and community settings. You will be working alongside specialist therapists who run voice clinics / FEES / Video fluoroscopy services with recent funding for new equipment to further develop these services.

Do you have an HCPC registration or do you qualify as a Speech and Language Therapist within the next 6months?

Main duties, tasks & skills required

A desire to work with an adult caseload is essential and the successful candidate will have at least undergraduate experience in the relevant clinical areas. Post graduate experience in the relevant clinical area is desirable but not essential. Dysphagia competence is desirable but training can be provided within post.

You will be joining a large, enthusiastic and supportive therapy team with excellent training and development opportunities as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system. You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist staff and integrate into a variety of specialist multi-disciplinary teams.

The Trust provides a 7-day service. The post-holder will be required to participate in 7 day working rotas as required.

The post-holder must be a car driver in order to meet the essential travel requirements of the post.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification

*Current registration with Health Professions Council

*Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

Essential

*Undergraduate clinical experience in relevant clinical areas

*Competence in the management of communication disorders

*Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group

*Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)

*Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)

*Awareness of the principles of clinical governance /audit

*Awareness of communication, cultural and communication-impairment issues of clients from ethnic minorities.

*Sound knowledge of IT

Desirable

*Postgraduate experience in relevant clinical areas 

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Negotiation and Problem solving Skills

*Demonstrable ability to be adaptable and take initiative

*Good analytical and reflection skills

*Willingness to work in the field of dysphagia management

*Prioritisation skills

*Organisational skills

*Ability to work through interpreters to gain information on communication impairment/ability

*Able to adapt communication style to varied listeners

*Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

*Sound presentation skills, both written and verbal

*Good interpersonal skills -- including observation, listening and empathy skills

*Appropriately assertive

*Demonstrates good team working qualities and ability to function effectively in the multidisciplinary team

*Able to judge limits of skills/competence and professional boundaries.

*Insight into own CPD needs and appropriate strategies for addressing them.

*An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis

*NB: Car driver essential as post is rotational and post holder will be required to undertake community visits

*Participation in trust 7 day working rotas.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Suzi Germain 

susan.germain@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214240432