Job summary
We have a rare opportunity for a Band 7 therapist who has experience of working with voice and upper airway disorders. If you are a highly motivated individual who shares our determination to deliver top class patient care, then we would love to hear from you! We value our staff highly and you will be supported and encouraged in your role through CPD activity and clinical supervision.
Main duties of the job
The role involves planning and providing therapy to an adult and paediatric upper airway/voice caseload as well as supporting consultant run joint voice and intervention clinics. See job description and addendum for the full description of the role.
You will be based within a very friendly and supportive team of speech and language therapists working predominantly with adult inpatients and outpatients as well as providing a local service for children with cleft lip/palate.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong EDI culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- Degree in SLT
- HCPC registration
- Clear application with relevant detail included
- Extensive specialist clinical experience with complex case management in upper airway and voice
- Evidence of maintaining clinical competence and keeping up to date with clinical developments.
- Knowledge of National policies and procedures relevant to specialist area.
- Able to build effective working relationships, network and assert views, sometime in challenging situations.
- Experience of working in an MDT clinic with ENT/respiratory consultants
Desirable
- RCSLT member
- Experience of scoping
- Active involvement in specialist clinical support networks
- Experience of providing SLT leadership at joint clinics
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- Degree in SLT
- HCPC registration
- Clear application with relevant detail included
- Extensive specialist clinical experience with complex case management in upper airway and voice
- Evidence of maintaining clinical competence and keeping up to date with clinical developments.
- Knowledge of National policies and procedures relevant to specialist area.
- Able to build effective working relationships, network and assert views, sometime in challenging situations.
- Experience of working in an MDT clinic with ENT/respiratory consultants
Desirable
- RCSLT member
- Experience of scoping
- Active involvement in specialist clinical support networks
- Experience of providing SLT leadership at joint clinics
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
