Band 7 Speech and Language Therapy Team Leader (Voice)
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Band 7 Speech and Language Therapy Team Leader (Voice)
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 12 Jul | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 73394634095a4b3f94d4d80b9fc9a4f7
Full Job Description
Due to maternity leave we have an exciting opportunity for a 12 month post.
This post involves provision of leadership to the voice outpatient team and highly specialist clinical skills to outpatients with voice, swallowing and communication difficulties, primarily but not limited to benign voice disorders. This will primarily be outpatient clinics, and will include supporting the inpatient team with inpatient assessment, management and rehabilitation within the acute ward setting, as required. The voice service will be led by the post holder working closely with peer Band 7 SLTs within the head and neck cancer, medicine, surgery, ITU, stroke and neuro-trauma divisions with direction from the clinical lead SLT and consultant SLT.
You will benefit from a robust supervision structure alongside innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development being encouraged. You would be part of a well-established team which benefits from SLT led FNE clinic, SLT led FEES and Videofluoroscopy, vocal cord medialisation, botox and professional voice users services. Opportunities to be part of and access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available., The team offers:
A full induction programme, robust supervision, regular team meetings & peer support
A wide range of opportunities for career development
Access to videofluoroscopy & FEES
Modern facilities & good transport links
The successful candidate will work within the outpatient Speech and Language Therapy team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload. You will work closely with the SLT Team Leaders, NQP Speech & Language Therapists and Specialist Speech & Language Therapists to provide an excellent level of care to our patients.
The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing & managing voice disorders. Your responsibilities will include:
Assessing and managing patients with voice disorders, alongside managing ILO, swallowing & communication disorders as required
Work as an integral part of specialist MDT clinics including voice vocal fold medialisation, Botox & professional voice users
Service development & audit
Working closely with the MDT
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, treating over 2.8 million people every year., 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.
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