Job summary
Are you looking to grow your foundation skills working with adults across a range of settings and specialties?
At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, the Speech and Language Therapy Service is excited to recruit an additional band 5 therapist, on a fixed term contract, into our inpatient team at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in order to support us to continue our delivery of high quality patient care during a team maternity leave.
In our team, we focus on:
- Setting our goals around what matters to the patient
- Identifying vulnerable patients early on for intervention
- Being visible and integrated within our MDTs
Main duties of the job
Experience working with an adult inpatient caseload is most desirable and robust undergraduate knowledge and experience with a range of acquired communication, voice and swallowing disorders in an acute hospital will be essential. A successful candidate will be joining an SLT team with a strong commitment to integrated working and quality improvement. There will be excellent support as well as a robust supervision and appraisal system. You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist staff and integrate into a variety of specialist multi-disciplinary teams.
Because this position is being offered on a fixed term basis, the focus for the role will be in the acute hospital at Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification documents for details regarding the main roles and responsibilities of this post.
The trust provides a range of 7-day services, some involving our Speech and Language Therapists. Post-holders will be required to participate in these services when an appropriate level of clinical competence has been achieved.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification documents for details regarding the main roles and responsibilities of this post.
The trust provides a range of 7-day services, some involving our Speech and Language Therapists. Post-holders will be required to participate in these services when an appropriate level of clinical competence has been achieved.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and/or Masters post graduate qualification
- HCPC Registration
- Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical experience at undergraduate or post graduate level
- Experience of working as part of a Speech and Language Therapy and multidisciplinary team.
- Placement or work based experience with SLT adult caseload
Desirable
- Some understanding of the workings of community Therapy services & intermediate care services
- Involvement in audit & research
- Additional experience outside SLT relevant to client group eg nursing/care
- Observational experience of acute hospital dysphagia cases
- Observational experience of adult voice cases
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and/or Masters post graduate qualification
- HCPC Registration
- Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Broad clinical experience at undergraduate or post graduate level
- Experience of working as part of a Speech and Language Therapy and multidisciplinary team.
- Placement or work based experience with SLT adult caseload
Desirable
- Some understanding of the workings of community Therapy services & intermediate care services
- Involvement in audit & research
- Additional experience outside SLT relevant to client group eg nursing/care
- Observational experience of acute hospital dysphagia cases
- Observational experience of adult voice cases
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).
