Highly Specialist SLT ENT Benign Voice

Job description

Job responsibilities

Service Delivery

• To prioritise and manage a large and diverse caseload ensuring practice is in line with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Position Papers and Quality Guidelines, and the HCPC professional regulations.
• To develop, deliver and monitor highly specialist interventions for patients within the defined pathway, encompassing all aspects of complex diagnosis and management for effective communication and swallowing.
• To independently manage and prioritise own complex caseload in a highly specialist area.
• To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals across primary and secondary care; social services and the voluntary sector
• To be responsible for planning, provision, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of learning and development to other professionals within specialist clinical area
• To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums as delegated by line manager and service lead.

Clinical Practice

• To independently provide a highly specialist SLT assessment, diagnosis, intervention and advice service to patients with swallowing and communication impairments within the ENT benign voice pathway, as well as services to families, support staff and professionals
• To undertake, interpret, and act on complex information gathered from a range of sources, including video laryngeal examination, endoscopic swallow clinics; Videofluoroscopy x-ray swallow clinics and diagnostic formal and informal assessments in line with RCSLT competency and clinical banding
• To take shared responsibility with consultant colleagues and other professionals regarding differential diagnosis of swallowing, voice and airway disorders
• To be highly skilled in managing a wide range of complex clinical voice/vocal fold movement disorders using and interpreting instrumental assessment procedures (endoscopic evaluation of larynx; layrngograph acoustic assessments etc.)

Communication

• To communicate complex condition-related information from assessments to patients, carers, families and members of the MDT/other professions.
• To work closely with patients, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to patient management.
• To demonstrate empathy with patients, carers, families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
• To demonstrate skills in motivating clients and carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
• To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
• To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication or behavioural difficulties.
• To employ excellent communication skills- verbal, non-verbal and written.
• To employ excellent presentation skills to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and service users.

Clinical Leadership

• To mentor, supervise, teach and develop SLT colleagues and other professionals within area of expertise.
• To provide clinical training and supervision to SLT students in accordance with RCSLT guidelines for practice education.
• To effectively delegate to assistant SLT, administrative and nursing staff.
• To identify and contribute to team objectives reflecting local and national health and social care priorities
• To implement national and local policy relevant to specialist clinical area, ensuring service is consistent with these, and contributing to strategic planning
• To contribute to the development of guidance/policy in the absence of national written guidance in order to respond to local issues.
• To provide highly specialist advice to MDT colleagues regarding timing and type of intervention, and further investigations, for a variety of patients.

Clinical Governance

• To proactively contribute to regional / national RCSLT Clinical Excellence Groups and Hubs as well as other relevant groups
• To maintain and demonstrate own CPD , keeping up to date with clinical developments & current research and evidence based practice to ensure own and others practice is safe and effective
• To be responsible for planning, provision, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of learning and development to family/carers, paid carers and professionals as appropriate.
• To provide highly specialist clinical expertise, advice and support including second opinions, supervision and clinical training to SLT colleagues to promote a high standard of clinical management
• To contribute to the development, implementation of and monitoring of standards for the clinical specialism in line with local and national guidelines.
• To identify and manage clinical risk in own practice and where appropriate the practice of others

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered
• RCSLT registered

Clinical Comptence

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of a broad range of voice therapy techniques and experience of manual laryngeal therapy
• Well-established knowledge of a broad range of assessment techniques relevant to specialist client group and extensive knowledge of a range of appropriate specialist therapeutic interventions
• Demonstrates an understanding of Speech and Language Therapy services in the context of the wider NHS structure
• Experience of using manual therapy to treat laryngeal tension and voice disorders
• oWell-established knowledge of national policies, guidelines and procedures related to client group

Desirable

• Experience/skills as FEES practitioner as demonstrated through RCSLT competencies
• Experience/skills as EEL practitioner as demonstrated through RCSLT competencies
• experience in using and interpreting laryngograph readings
• experience of delivering therapeutic interventions through virtual consultations
• Experience of working in the inpatient setting
• Highly developed specialist skills related to dysphagia management

Clinical experince

Essential

• Significant recent experience of managing specialist ENT caseload in a high volume acute setting
• Evidence of strong commitment to team and partnership working, and leadership skills
• Experience of working in MDT and joint voice clinics
• Experience of working in the inpatient setting
• experience of service planning and project management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

NUH

Nottingham

NG72UH

Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)