Job summary
Do you want to develop your skills in ENT-related voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders? If so, we have 0.2wte session (temporary for 1 year) available. The role will involve working predominantly at the Freeman Hospital in the department of speech, voice and swallowing. You will be integral to a busy but highly supportive team of SLTs working with patients with benign voice and upper airway disorders. There will also be some opportunity to work with patients who have head and neck cancer.
Training will be provided in required specialist areas and you will have access to regular FEES/VF clinics and joint respiratory/ENT clinics due to our close working relationships with these specialties.
We are one of the busiest H&N units in the country, highly innovative and active in research. Our voice/upper airways , service is nationally renowned. As a department we support and host national conferences and training programmes, and are committed to teaching, audit and research. We have close links with Newcastle University. This could be an ideal secondment opportunity for the right candidate wishing to gain experience in this field and would complement other adult acquired SLT specialties well.
o Interview Date 17/06/2022o 7 Hours 30 Minutes/Weeko You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
- To be independently responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management and discharge of out-patients and in-patients referred from the ENT / H&N Service and closely related services such as Cardiothoracic, Respiratory and Oncology where specialist ENT upper airway knowledge may be required.
- To provide instrumental assessments including acoustic analysis, video laryngeal endoscopy, videofluoroscopy, ILO and cough provocation and FEES as appropriate.
- To act as an advisor to give support to more junior /less experienced SLT staff who treat these patients.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, diagnose, treat and manage own highly specialist caseload of clients with routine and complex voice and upper airway disorders as well as swallowing difficulties arising as a result of a range of ENT and respiratory conditions To provide highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
- To support joint voice clinics with ENT and respiratory colleagues in a training capacity and with support from clinical lead.
- To provide day to day coordination, support and clinical supervision of less specialist speech and language therapists, assistants and students.
- To develop and deliver highly specialist training to other colleagues including SLT colleagues, multidisciplinary team colleagues and other professionals.
- To pursue and acquire ongoing highly specialist knowledge and expertise in voice and ENT conditions affecting communication and swallowing as well as in conditions of the upper airway including inducible laryngeal obstruction and chronic cough.
- To implement all Trust and Departmental policies and procedures in own working practice and comment on policies being developed.
- To provide input to the teaching, research, audit and service development functions of the department.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, diagnose, treat and manage own highly specialist caseload of clients with routine and complex voice and upper airway disorders as well as swallowing difficulties arising as a result of a range of ENT and respiratory conditions To provide highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
- To support joint voice clinics with ENT and respiratory colleagues in a training capacity and with support from clinical lead.
- To provide day to day coordination, support and clinical supervision of less specialist speech and language therapists, assistants and students.
- To develop and deliver highly specialist training to other colleagues including SLT colleagues, multidisciplinary team colleagues and other professionals.
- To pursue and acquire ongoing highly specialist knowledge and expertise in voice and ENT conditions affecting communication and swallowing as well as in conditions of the upper airway including inducible laryngeal obstruction and chronic cough.
- To implement all Trust and Departmental policies and procedures in own working practice and comment on policies being developed.
- To provide input to the teaching, research, audit and service development functions of the department.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- Relevant post graduate courses/conferences
- Membership of relevant RCSLT CEN
Desirable
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of working with adults with a broad range of disorders including swallowing problems in an acute/rehabilitation setting
- Experience of working in relevant specialty field of voice and upper airway disorders which will have led to: ? The acquisition of sound and well-established theoretical and practical specialist knowledge in voice and upper airway disorders ? Successful experience of working and learning in multi-professional teams ? Experience of working with complex conditions with an appropriate level of autonomy
- Knowledge of current theories and practices in the specialist field of voice and upper airway disorder
- Knowledge/experience/training in a range of voice, upper airway and swallowing treatment and assessment techniques including ? Perceptual analysis including GRBAS ? Accent method ? Estill figures/Voice craft ? Laryngeal palpation ? Counselling skills ? Swallowing exercises/strategies ? Rescue breathing techniques
- Awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills/psychological therapies
- Experience of supervising more junior SLTs
- Experience of teaching other professionals
- Experience of supervising students
- Experience of participating in audit
Desirable
- Experience of working in a specialist voice clinic
- Experience working with ILO and chronic cough
- Advanced Post grad training and experience ? nasendoscopy ? analysis/interpretation of laryngeal images ? videofluoroscopy assessment ? FEES assessment ? working with patients with tracheostomy
- Highly specialist in-depth knowledge and understanding of the management of voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders.
- Experience of participating in research
- Post grad training and clinical experience in a range of voice and swallowing treatment and assessment techniques including ? Perceptual analysis including GRBAS ? Accent method ? Estill figures/Voice craft ? Laryngeal palpation ? Counselling skills ? Swallowing exercises/strategies
- Proven application of current theories and practices in the specialist field of voice and upper airway disorder
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Dysphagia skills at intermediate level
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Ability to recognise limitations of competence
- Excellent communication
- Excellent computer skills
- Negotiation and problem solving skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of SLT services in the context of the wider NHS structures and the current DH policies
- Excellent organisational skills including case prioritisation
Desirable
- Project evaluation skills
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills
- Established skills in conducting and interpreting laryngeal examination, videofluoroscopy and FEES assessments at a basic/intermediate level
- Well established procedures of managing complex voice and upper airway disorders
- Excellent clinical supervision skills
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- Relevant post graduate courses/conferences
- Membership of relevant RCSLT CEN
Desirable
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience of working with adults with a broad range of disorders including swallowing problems in an acute/rehabilitation setting
- Experience of working in relevant specialty field of voice and upper airway disorders which will have led to: ? The acquisition of sound and well-established theoretical and practical specialist knowledge in voice and upper airway disorders ? Successful experience of working and learning in multi-professional teams ? Experience of working with complex conditions with an appropriate level of autonomy
- Knowledge of current theories and practices in the specialist field of voice and upper airway disorder
- Knowledge/experience/training in a range of voice, upper airway and swallowing treatment and assessment techniques including ? Perceptual analysis including GRBAS ? Accent method ? Estill figures/Voice craft ? Laryngeal palpation ? Counselling skills ? Swallowing exercises/strategies ? Rescue breathing techniques
- Awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills/psychological therapies
- Experience of supervising more junior SLTs
- Experience of teaching other professionals
- Experience of supervising students
- Experience of participating in audit
Desirable
- Experience of working in a specialist voice clinic
- Experience working with ILO and chronic cough
- Advanced Post grad training and experience ? nasendoscopy ? analysis/interpretation of laryngeal images ? videofluoroscopy assessment ? FEES assessment ? working with patients with tracheostomy
- Highly specialist in-depth knowledge and understanding of the management of voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders.
- Experience of participating in research
- Post grad training and clinical experience in a range of voice and swallowing treatment and assessment techniques including ? Perceptual analysis including GRBAS ? Accent method ? Estill figures/Voice craft ? Laryngeal palpation ? Counselling skills ? Swallowing exercises/strategies
- Proven application of current theories and practices in the specialist field of voice and upper airway disorder
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Dysphagia skills at intermediate level
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Ability to recognise limitations of competence
- Excellent communication
- Excellent computer skills
- Negotiation and problem solving skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of SLT services in the context of the wider NHS structures and the current DH policies
- Excellent organisational skills including case prioritisation
Desirable
- Project evaluation skills
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills
- Established skills in conducting and interpreting laryngeal examination, videofluoroscopy and FEES assessments at a basic/intermediate level
- Well established procedures of managing complex voice and upper airway disorders
- Excellent clinical supervision skills
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
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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).
