Job summary
Dear prospective candidate,
Thank you for taking the time to review the details of this exciting role.
We are looking forward to welcoming an enthusiastic, hard-working and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to provide maternity leave cover, working in the specialisms of Upper Airways and Voice. This is a great opportunity for those who are already practicing in a Voice speciality, and wishing to expand their skillset into Upper Airways, which is a growing and developing aspect of Speech Therapy practice.
The hours per week and length of contract can be flexible around the needs of the applicant; we can consider up to full time working (for a shorter contract length), or part time working (for longer contract length).
The successful person in post will join the experienced, friendly, and friendly Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team. Collectively, the SLT team works across a broad range of both inpatient and outpatient areas across the Trust sites, including Stroke, Neurosciences, Head and Neck Cancer, General Inpatients, Critical Care, and Voice/ENT workstreams. The Team also works closely with wider SLT services both within the Trust and the wider Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS).
If you are interested in this role, please take the time to contact me.
With best wishes,
Charlie
Charlie Howland
Service Manager - Adult Speech and Language Therapy
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a specialist Speech and Language Therapist with an interest in voice and upper airway disorders. The post holder will work closely with the Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Lead for Voice/ENT to assess, diagnose and manage voice and upper airway disorders for outpatients. They will be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing delivering a service which demonstrates evidenced based, effective, and efficient clinical care for this caseload. The postholder will work within the SLT team, the Special Airways MDT, ENT team, to deliver this service in the outpatient setting.
The post holder will:
Use highly specialist clinical skills to identify, assess, diagnose and manage a specialist caseload of adults with voice and upper airway disorders including chronic refractory cough and Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction.
Be part of the Speech and Language Therapy Department, and work closely with MDT colleagues in aspects of patient care
Contribute to audit, quality improvement and service development projects in these clinical areas.
Independently support students on placement for clinical teaching and supervision
Provide necessary cover for the caseloads of other Speech and Language Therapists within the Trust during periods of annual / sick leave.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Patient Care
- To assess, develop and implement specialist evidence based Speech and Language Therapy interventions. To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessments, including differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, and to develop care plans based on best practice.
- To use clinical skills to generate written reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
- To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes. The post holder will use these specialist skills to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
- To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of patients with voice, communication and swallowing disorders.
- To work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve patient centred care.
- To liaise with a wide range of professionals across a variety of locations and agencies.
- To maintain intense concentration in all aspects of patient management for prolonged periods. In particular, to monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of patients communication, adapting and facilitating according to perceived needs.
Policy / Service Development / Implementation
- To represent Speech and Language Therapy at multi-disciplinary team meetings, ensuring delivery of coordinated care.
- To be aware of, adhere to and implement Service and team plans and policies including:
Providing regular, timely statistical data in keeping with Trust requirements
Maintaining high quality clinical records in accordance with Service and Trust Guidelines and within data protection guidelines
Ensuring understanding and adherence to Trust health and safety requirements, including attendance on mandatory training courses
To work within infection control and health and safety guidelines in order to deal appropriately with unpleasant conditions related to client contact as they arise e.g. exposure to body fluids, infectious conditions encountered on a regular basis
Participation in the Trust incident reporting and risk management procedures
3. To use specialist knowledge to inform Service / policy developments as appropriate and to implement policy within own specialist area.
4. To participate in the implementation of Service / Trust Clinical Governance Plan.
Financial and Physical Resources
- To monitor stock levels in own area and to request new equipment as required.
- To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment, ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained, including equipment loaned to patients.
Human Resources
- To supervise and mentor junior Speech and Language Therapists, unregistered staff such as Speech and Language Therapy Support Workers and therapy assistants.
- To participate in student clinical placements and to assist in the support of students from other professional groups.
- To be able to clearly explain the role of Speech and Language Therapists to visitors, students and other professionals.
- To participate in ongoing specialist training in area of clinical expertise.
- To assist in the identification of training needs within the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Patient Care
- To assess, develop and implement specialist evidence based Speech and Language Therapy interventions. To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessments, including differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, and to develop care plans based on best practice.
- To use clinical skills to generate written reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
- To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes. The post holder will use these specialist skills to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
- To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of patients with voice, communication and swallowing disorders.
- To work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to achieve patient centred care.
- To liaise with a wide range of professionals across a variety of locations and agencies.
- To maintain intense concentration in all aspects of patient management for prolonged periods. In particular, to monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of patients communication, adapting and facilitating according to perceived needs.
Policy / Service Development / Implementation
- To represent Speech and Language Therapy at multi-disciplinary team meetings, ensuring delivery of coordinated care.
- To be aware of, adhere to and implement Service and team plans and policies including:
Providing regular, timely statistical data in keeping with Trust requirements
Maintaining high quality clinical records in accordance with Service and Trust Guidelines and within data protection guidelines
Ensuring understanding and adherence to Trust health and safety requirements, including attendance on mandatory training courses
To work within infection control and health and safety guidelines in order to deal appropriately with unpleasant conditions related to client contact as they arise e.g. exposure to body fluids, infectious conditions encountered on a regular basis
Participation in the Trust incident reporting and risk management procedures
3. To use specialist knowledge to inform Service / policy developments as appropriate and to implement policy within own specialist area.
4. To participate in the implementation of Service / Trust Clinical Governance Plan.
Financial and Physical Resources
- To monitor stock levels in own area and to request new equipment as required.
- To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment, ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained, including equipment loaned to patients.
Human Resources
- To supervise and mentor junior Speech and Language Therapists, unregistered staff such as Speech and Language Therapy Support Workers and therapy assistants.
- To participate in student clinical placements and to assist in the support of students from other professional groups.
- To be able to clearly explain the role of Speech and Language Therapists to visitors, students and other professionals.
- To participate in ongoing specialist training in area of clinical expertise.
- To assist in the identification of training needs within the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Experience and skills:
Essential
- Evidence of knowledge and experience in upper airway disorders and related ENT, voice and upper airway disorders as a result of experience/CPD
- Demonstrates well established knowledge of specialist SLT assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- Demonstrates knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to specialist client group
- Able to organise workload and manage time
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Experience and skills:
Essential
- Evidence of knowledge and experience in upper airway disorders and related ENT, voice and upper airway disorders as a result of experience/CPD
- Demonstrates well established knowledge of specialist SLT assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- Demonstrates knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to specialist client group
- Able to organise workload and manage time
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
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).
