Advanced Speech and Language Therapist

The successful applicant will provide a regional highly specialist SLT triage, assessment, differential diagnosis and intervention service for children (0-18 years) referred with complex airway and respiratory needs.This may include assessment and management of tracheostomy needs, communication difficulties and dysphagia. The post, based at Birmingham Children's Hospital, involves working in the acute setting on the wards, including the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and in outpatient clinics. In line with service demand, the post holder will also provide a highly specialist SLT service to other patients admitted to BCH.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated speech and language therapist who has specialist knowledge and experience of working with patients with complex airway and respiratory needs, to join our specialist acute SLT team at Birmingham Children's Hospital. The successful candidate will work primarily with babies, children and young people with complex tracheostomy and long-term ventilation needs, in both an inpatient and pout-patient capacity. There will also be opportunities to work more generally across the wards with patients with complex dysphagia and communication needs.

We are interested in receiving applications from qualified SLTs who have the relevant knowledge and experience for this role, either due to having already worked with paediatrics in this specialist area or those of you with transferable skills due to prior adult experience. Please get in touch in you would like to hear more about the post or if you have any questions.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.