Band 7 Speech and Language Therapy Team Leader (Outpatients)

Would you like to provide Speech and Language Therapy to people with swallowing and communication difficulties? Would you like experience in leading a team at QEHB? Due to service expansion, we have an opportunity for you to lead an established outpatient SLT team working with people with acquired swallowing and communication difficulties. This includes progressive neurological disorders, neurosurgery, respiratory, rheumatology, fluency and more. We have a large yet close-knit, highly skilled team who contribute to our robust supervision structure including clinical lead, specialist SLTs and peer team leads. Innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development are actively encouraged. We have 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 team offers:

• A full induction programme, robust supervision, regular team meetings & peer support
• A wide range of opportunities for career development
• Access to instrumental assessment and management modalities
• Modern facilities with good transport links
Main duties of the job The successful candidate would lead the Speech and Language Therapy outpatient team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload, with support from the outpatient Clinical Lead. The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing swallowing and communication disorders for patients within a varied caseload including neurology, neurosurgery, respiratory and fluency caseloads. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
• assessing and managing patients with communication and swallowing disorders in an outpatient setting, including specialist clinics
• service development and audit
• training, operational management and supervision of junior colleagues and students
• working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment
• analysing and reporting of service provision including KPIs.
  
  We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.
  
  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.