Clinical Lead - Stroke Inpatient Therapies
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 23 September 2024
Job summary
Thank you for your interest in this post. This is an exciting role that has arisen due to internal promotion and is an opportunity to lead speech and language therapy for our inpatient stroke pathway.
We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated speech and language therapist to work collaboratively with the stroke MDT, whilst maintaining close links with the speech and language therapy team.
This is an exciting time within stroke services, where we have secured additional workforce for speech and language therapy so are seeking the right person to lead and develop this team. The Stroke wards are based at Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax. We currently provide a 5 day service.
The speech therapy service provides video fluoroscopy in a weekly clinic, as well as an emerging FEES (fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation) service. Training in these areas will be provided to the right candidate.
You will be offered opportunities to further develop your own leadership, management, and clinical skills. This will be supported by our professional lead SALT, our AHP clinical educators as well as your fellow clinical leads within speech and language therapy. We are passionate about supporting AHP roles and have exciting new developments that you can access, such as the AHP research specialist interest group.
Main duties of the job
o To manage the stroke caseload and appropriately delegate work to others within the MDT to deliver the service required.
o To perform specialist assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex conditions.
o To implement, evaluate and modify individualised care and interventions.
o To be involved in best interest and mental capacity assessments as required.
o To lead development and implement evidence-based protocols and standards of care.
o To provide support and supervision to others including student(s) on clinical placement.
o To be involved in MDT events, including workforce development and training, meetings and conferences
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Date posted
09 September 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
372-COM2358
Job locations
Calderdale Royal Hospital
Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust
Halifax
HX3 0PW
Employer details
Employer name
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Calderdale Royal Hospital
Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust
Halifax
HX3 0PW
Employer's website
https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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