Job summary
An exciting post has become available in our small, but experienced and friendly acute paediatric speech and language team. This post will be based at Royal Preston Hospital and the post-holder will be responsible for delivering a service to children aged 0-5 years who present with complex feeding difficulties. Out-patient clinics are run on site and you will also cover children admitted to our paediatric ward. This post offers varied experience with complex dysphagia and you will also be involved in the weekly videofluroscopy clinic at Royal Preston Hospital.
We are passionate about delivering high quality care and seek to continually improve and develop our services. If you thrive in a busy hospital environment and are interested in this clinical area, please get in touch to find out more.
There will be the opportunity to gain experience and develop skills and competencies within the busy videofluoroscopy clinic.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous practitioner to provide dysphagia assessment and intervention to a varied paediatric caseload, including infants on the neonatal unit and paediatric wards.
To work with infants and children who may have long term complex conditions, to provide specialist assessment and management plans.
To deliver video fluoroscopy assessments for both inpatients and outpatients with dysphagia to offer expert diagnosis and management plans depending on results (previous training required, if not trained there will be opportunity to work with a trained speech therapist in these clinics).
To engage in regular supervision with the clinical lead
To support with clinical problem-solving and service improvement with the clinical lead.
To educate the multi-disciplinary team in the trust on elements of SLT in your designated clinical area, and raise the profile of the SLT service.
To work closely with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate excellent communication skills.
To ensure that the therapy service in the designated clinical area is responsive to user requirements within the available resources and in accordance with directorate and departmental plans.
To assist in the teaching and clinical supervision of students and more junior therapy staff, and to take an active role in multi-disciplinary teaching sessions within the paediatric speech and language therapy team.
About us
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has 2 hospitals providing inpatient, out-patient , tertiary services and comprehensive care to the Lancashire and South Cumbria region. We are an acute SLT service with excellent patient-centred care at the core of our values. We provide a wide range of specialisms across adult services together with our dedicated paediatric team. We are keen to promote training opportunities and support CPD. You will join a large, friendly team of speech and language therapists covering a range of specialist services. The department is rated 'GOLD' on the STAR quality assurance framework, with a strong commitment to evidence based practice. Videofluroscopy and FEES services are well established and we are able to offer training in these areas. To find out more about us, have a look at our twitter pages @SLT_LTHTR
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To communicate and collaborate with all Speech and Language Therapystakeholders
- To provide leadership and highly specialist clinical skills within a clinicalspecialty
- To support personal and people development
- To ensure the health, safety and security of, self and colleagues
- To support service development and planning
- To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within theSpeech and Language Therapy
- To support equality of opportunity and access within the Speech andLanguage Therapy Service for both staff and patients
- To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients
- To provide leadership and management support
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working atLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To communicate and collaborate with all Speech and Language Therapystakeholders
- To provide leadership and highly specialist clinical skills within a clinicalspecialty
- To support personal and people development
- To ensure the health, safety and security of, self and colleagues
- To support service development and planning
- To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within theSpeech and Language Therapy
- To support equality of opportunity and access within the Speech andLanguage Therapy Service for both staff and patients
- To directly support the delivery of therapy to patients
- To provide leadership and management support
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working atLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- HCPC registration
- RCSLT registration
- Graduate or post-graduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
- Evidence of CPD in relevant areas working towards Masters level.
Desirable
- Masters qualification or modules
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge in clinical area
- Completion of the RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework - Level C (Specialist level dysphagia practitioner)
- Able to assess, diagnose and manage complex dysphagia
- Excellent MDT working skills
Desirable
- Completion of the Neonatal Dysphagia Competency Framework - Level C (Specialist Level Dysphagia Practitioner)
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Highly specialist skills in clinical area
- Advanced diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills
- Teaching experience
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS plan and relevant national guidance
- Experience of leading a team
- Excel and data collation skills
- Ability to work with tracheostomy
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- HCPC registration
- RCSLT registration
- Graduate or post-graduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
- Evidence of CPD in relevant areas working towards Masters level.
Desirable
- Masters qualification or modules
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge in clinical area
- Completion of the RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework - Level C (Specialist level dysphagia practitioner)
- Able to assess, diagnose and manage complex dysphagia
- Excellent MDT working skills
Desirable
- Completion of the Neonatal Dysphagia Competency Framework - Level C (Specialist Level Dysphagia Practitioner)
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Highly specialist skills in clinical area
- Advanced diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills
- Teaching experience
- Good IT skills
Desirable
- Awareness of NHS plan and relevant national guidance
- Experience of leading a team
- Excel and data collation skills
- Ability to work with tracheostomy
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).
