Job summary
An exciting secondment /fixed term opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and well-motivated Speech and Language Therapist to provide advanced speech and language therapy input to the inpatient service at Aintree hospital. You will be part of an innovative team currently providing inpatient and outpatient services across several specialist areas and will work alongside the current clinical lead and respiratory SLTs to provide ongoing input.
The successful candidate will be an expert practitioner in the management of acute adult inpatients. You will be contributing to the clinical assessment of a broad clinical speciality and manage a complex caseload, promoting research activity and providing clinical supervision to the respiratory SLT team. You will also be expected to have advanced skills in at least one instrumental assessment ie Videofluoroscopy and FEES.
Main duties of the job
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To manage a caseload of adult patients admitted to the acute general medical wards, presenting with a wide range of acquired communication and swallowing impairments, carrying out highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment in order to maximise communication and swallowing difficulties.
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The primary care of responsibility will be within the acute medical teams, where the majority of patients are referred for support with dysphagia.
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To supervise and support development of less experienced members of the team.
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To be able to contribute to the current IP VFS/ FEES service as required.
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To work within professional standards and local protocols, procedures and guidelines.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
To be an expert practitioner, to develop skills required to practice at an advanced level and to use an extended scope of practice beyond own profession.Identify appropriate interventions and treatments to be undertaken within the context of the overall treatment plan.Undertake interventions which are consistent with evidence based practice and clinical guidelines, applying own skill, knowledge and experience.Demonstrate an advanced level of decision making with regard to assessment, intervention and evaluation of patient care.
Assess complex health and wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review treatment plans to meet individual needs.Assess psychological and physiological function when there are complex needs.To provide specialist advice to other therapy team staff on the management of complex cases and ensure systems to monitor referrals within the service
To comply with Health and Safety Policies of the Trust and demonstrate compliance with all mandatory training requirementsTo support development of therapy policies and guidelines and co-ordinate the implementation of and adherence to relevant Trust-wide policies.To comply with HCPC Standards of Proficiency and adhere to Standards of Performance, Conduct and Ethics for own profession Jan 2021To act as clinical lead for audit and research and provide support and training in audit for junior staff and to incorporate outcomes and lessons learned from audit activity in the development of future clinical practice and service delivery
To develop a training strategy for the team, encompassing competences for safe practice and liaising with key departments. To regularly deliver formal and informal training to other healthcare professionals and staff groups, including pre and post registration training for medical and nursing staff.To organise and lead in-service training programmes when required.To contribute to the dissemination of good practice across professional boundaries including the delivery of external lectures and training.To support clinical supervision and peer review for relevant staff
See full job description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be an expert practitioner, to develop skills required to practice at an advanced level and to use an extended scope of practice beyond own profession.Identify appropriate interventions and treatments to be undertaken within the context of the overall treatment plan.Undertake interventions which are consistent with evidence based practice and clinical guidelines, applying own skill, knowledge and experience.Demonstrate an advanced level of decision making with regard to assessment, intervention and evaluation of patient care.
Assess complex health and wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review treatment plans to meet individual needs.Assess psychological and physiological function when there are complex needs.To provide specialist advice to other therapy team staff on the management of complex cases and ensure systems to monitor referrals within the service
To comply with Health and Safety Policies of the Trust and demonstrate compliance with all mandatory training requirementsTo support development of therapy policies and guidelines and co-ordinate the implementation of and adherence to relevant Trust-wide policies.To comply with HCPC Standards of Proficiency and adhere to Standards of Performance, Conduct and Ethics for own profession Jan 2021To act as clinical lead for audit and research and provide support and training in audit for junior staff and to incorporate outcomes and lessons learned from audit activity in the development of future clinical practice and service delivery
To develop a training strategy for the team, encompassing competences for safe practice and liaising with key departments. To regularly deliver formal and informal training to other healthcare professionals and staff groups, including pre and post registration training for medical and nursing staff.To organise and lead in-service training programmes when required.To contribute to the dissemination of good practice across professional boundaries including the delivery of external lectures and training.To support clinical supervision and peer review for relevant staff
See full job description attached
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Therapy profession
- Current registration with the HCPC
- Masters qualification or equivalen
- Completion of Educator /Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Training qualification in relevant management/leadership development
- Non-medical prescribing qualification (dependent on role) - Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Effective teaching and presentation skills, experience of formal teaching and presentation
Desirable
- Experience of Human Resource related issues e.g. recruitment/retention, management of sickness, attendance and special leave
- Proven experience in the formal management and supervision of staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive working knowledge of Therapy practice within the identified specialist field of clinical practice
- Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive clinical expertise within the identified specialist field of clinical practice
- Excellent clinical reasoning skills
- To act as an expert within specialist clinical field providing strong clinical leadership both within Therapies and the wider multi-disciplinary team
- Take an active role within multi-agency practice both within the organisation and outside the Trust
- Good understanding of standardised assessment tools and treatment principles
- Ability to demonstrate clinical reasoning and an holistic problem solving approach
- Awareness of and local involvement in current NHS issues and relevant frameworks/quality indicators
- Demonstrate awareness of Clinical Governance and its application within Therapies
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly across the service to support other Clinical staff and Therapies Management team on other specific initiatives and developments as required
- Ability to initiate evidence based practice within clinical area
- Ability to manage own time within clinical and non-clinical activity and to show effective leadership skills empowering others to use problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to demonstrate specialist clinical skills accompanied by an extensive and current working knowledge of Therapy practice within the identified specialist field of clinical practice
- Highly effective communicator at all levels
- Ability to manage own stress and awareness of stress in others and ability to access support as relevant
- High level of ability to work in multidisciplinary and collaborative teams
- Ability to demonstrate tact/diplomacy and empathy within clinical and team settings
- High level of interpersonal skills
- High level of organisational and negotiation skills
- Ability to lead effectively
- Ability to motivate patients/staff
- Ability to demonstrate assertiveness within the clinical/team and service settings
- Ability to delegate appropriately
- Ability to represent the Therapy service and the organisation at Trust initiatives and with external agencies
- Ability to demonstrate and promote reflective practice
- Demonstrate a commitment to personal ? A/I April 2023 development and the development of others
- Demonstrate a commitment to keep up to date with all mandatory training
Other
Essential
- Demonstrate a good understanding of Risk Assessment and Health & Safety issues
- Positive attitude to change and flexible work practices to meet the changing demands of the service
- Be adaptable to changing needs of the service and clinical role giving resource and expertise as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Therapy profession
- Current registration with the HCPC
- Masters qualification or equivalen
- Completion of Educator /Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
Desirable
- Training qualification in relevant management/leadership development
- Non-medical prescribing qualification (dependent on role) - Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Effective teaching and presentation skills, experience of formal teaching and presentation
Desirable
- Experience of Human Resource related issues e.g. recruitment/retention, management of sickness, attendance and special leave
- Proven experience in the formal management and supervision of staff
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive working knowledge of Therapy practice within the identified specialist field of clinical practice
- Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive clinical expertise within the identified specialist field of clinical practice
- Excellent clinical reasoning skills
- To act as an expert within specialist clinical field providing strong clinical leadership both within Therapies and the wider multi-disciplinary team
- Take an active role within multi-agency practice both within the organisation and outside the Trust
- Good understanding of standardised assessment tools and treatment principles
- Ability to demonstrate clinical reasoning and an holistic problem solving approach
- Awareness of and local involvement in current NHS issues and relevant frameworks/quality indicators
- Demonstrate awareness of Clinical Governance and its application within Therapies
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly across the service to support other Clinical staff and Therapies Management team on other specific initiatives and developments as required
- Ability to initiate evidence based practice within clinical area
- Ability to manage own time within clinical and non-clinical activity and to show effective leadership skills empowering others to use problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to demonstrate specialist clinical skills accompanied by an extensive and current working knowledge of Therapy practice within the identified specialist field of clinical practice
- Highly effective communicator at all levels
- Ability to manage own stress and awareness of stress in others and ability to access support as relevant
- High level of ability to work in multidisciplinary and collaborative teams
- Ability to demonstrate tact/diplomacy and empathy within clinical and team settings
- High level of interpersonal skills
- High level of organisational and negotiation skills
- Ability to lead effectively
- Ability to motivate patients/staff
- Ability to demonstrate assertiveness within the clinical/team and service settings
- Ability to delegate appropriately
- Ability to represent the Therapy service and the organisation at Trust initiatives and with external agencies
- Ability to demonstrate and promote reflective practice
- Demonstrate a commitment to personal ? A/I April 2023 development and the development of others
- Demonstrate a commitment to keep up to date with all mandatory training
Other
Essential
- Demonstrate a good understanding of Risk Assessment and Health & Safety issues
- Positive attitude to change and flexible work practices to meet the changing demands of the service
- Be adaptable to changing needs of the service and clinical role giving resource and expertise as required
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).
