Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Medicine / HCOP)

We have an opportunity for a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our Acute Medicine and Healthcare for Older People (HCOP) team at QEHB. Our service supports a wide range of patient cohorts who have communication and/or swallowing disorders across wards including acute medicine, respiratory including the respiratory support unit, emergency department and healthcare for older people. We have a large yet close-knit, highly skilled team who contribute to our robust supervision structure. Innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development are actively encouraged. We have a well-established SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services so opportunities to access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available., The successful candidate would provide highly specialist input Specialist Surgery team, alongside a peer team leader. You would work closely with your peer SLT Team Leader, Specialist Speech and Language Therapists, NQP SLTs, and SLT assistants to provide an excellent level of care to our patient group. The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing dysphagia and communication difficulties relating to the acute medicine, respiratory and HCOP caseload in a fast-paced environment. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• assessing and managing patients with communication, airway and swallowing disorders
• service development and audit
• training and supervision of junior colleagues and students
• working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment
• Utilising specialist assessments including FEES
• Regular quality improvement projects
• Involvement in audit, research and presenting patient outcomes
We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.

QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population., University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.