Job summary
18.75 Hours per week
An exciting new role has arisen for a fixed term band 7 SALT
clinical leadership role working within the AHP staff team within the neonatal
ward at Worcester Royal Hospital.
The unit is an 18 bedded level 2
unit, including 2 ITU cots, 4 HDU cots and 12 Special Care. There is also a 9
bedded Transitional Care Unit, jointly managed with maternity to prevent or
reduce babies being separated from their parents.
Worcester
Royal Hospitals Neonatal Unit provides stabilisation for babies below 27 weeks
in emergency cases and works alongside transport services and the West Midlands
Operational Delivery Neonatal Network to transfer them to more suitable NICUs.
The promotion
of baby friendly standards and family integrated care are extremely important
to the unit and are currently working towards becoming a standalone baby
friendly Neonatal Unit.
The post holder will provide visible and high-quality
professional leadership across Neonatal within the AHP team, supporting the
Divisional Quality Improvement plan. Through the ability to inspire and lead
you will drive and implement practice improvement and staff development to
improve our families journey.
You will be line managed by the Team at
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust. You will have clinical
supervision and support via the West Midlands neonatal network. You will become an integral part of the support and supervision on the ward, both
offering and receiving support.
Main duties of the job
To take responsibility for managing a caseload of babies
referred to the service during their inpatient stay on the neonatal unit at
Worcester Royal Hospital. This would
include specialised interventions for complex babies, plus supporting
development and implementation of targeted and universal provision.
This is a Specialist role and would involve Leadership on
the unit.
You will work collaboratively with your community colleagues
to ensure smooth transition out of the ward.
You would be involved in offering eating,
drinking and communication advice whilst the babies are on the unit and support
for discharge planning.
This neonatal role is to deliver the speech and language
therapy dysphagia provision on the acute neonatal unit. To work in partnership with
the AHP team which includes OT, Physio, Dietitian and SALTs.
The post holder will need to have training, experience and
competence in dysphagia assessment and advice for babies and neonates as they
will be the lone SALT on the unit. They will need to have experience working
collaboratively and boundary setting across an multidisciplinary team for the
benefit of neonatal care.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
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27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
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Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
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Flexible and agile working opportunities
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Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
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Wide range of supportive staff networks
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Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
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you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role
please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
- Further theoretical training and experience to Masters level or equivalent in Specific Language Impairment
- Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups e.g. RCSLT Neonatal CEN
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities related specifically to the clinical area; to include evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Completion of training relevant to role eg. FINE, Sensory Beginnings
Experience
Essential
- In-depth post-registration experience in the highly specialist area
- Extensive experience of designing and delivering training to a wide range of professionals in the relevant service area
- Expert in managing highly complex, diverse caseload independently and able to advise others
- Extensive experience of collaborative work with cross professional groups
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute paediatric/neonatal settings.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic assessments and interventions relevant to the service area.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by theory and practical experience
Desirable
- Knowledge of models of neonatal care
- Knowledge of research methods and design
Additional Criteria
Essential
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes
- Able to travel efficiently to fulfil post requirements
- Able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely
- Able to work at various heights and locations according to the needs of clients
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Shows excellent clinical leadership
- Has vision of the future for SLT services and ability to lead service developments
- Is able to lead a wide range of SLTs in improving their clinical expertise
- Produces innovative research in relevant specialism and implements the research of others
- Is able to facilitate others of mixed ability to develop specialised innovative packages of care
- Has highly developed empathy, negotiation and leadership skills
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, where there are barriers to understanding
- Is able to write clear reports and notes and advise others regarding clinical reports eg. for legal processes and publishing
- Can effectively interpret national and local policies in clinical specialism and lead on implementation
- Is able to use sign language and communication aids appropriate to the care group (where appropriate to specialism)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
- Further theoretical training and experience to Masters level or equivalent in Specific Language Impairment
- Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups e.g. RCSLT Neonatal CEN
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities related specifically to the clinical area; to include evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Completion of training relevant to role eg. FINE, Sensory Beginnings
Experience
Essential
- In-depth post-registration experience in the highly specialist area
- Extensive experience of designing and delivering training to a wide range of professionals in the relevant service area
- Expert in managing highly complex, diverse caseload independently and able to advise others
- Extensive experience of collaborative work with cross professional groups
Desirable
- Experience of working in acute paediatric/neonatal settings.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic assessments and interventions relevant to the service area.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by theory and practical experience
Desirable
- Knowledge of models of neonatal care
- Knowledge of research methods and design
Additional Criteria
Essential
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes
- Able to travel efficiently to fulfil post requirements
- Able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely
- Able to work at various heights and locations according to the needs of clients
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Shows excellent clinical leadership
- Has vision of the future for SLT services and ability to lead service developments
- Is able to lead a wide range of SLTs in improving their clinical expertise
- Produces innovative research in relevant specialism and implements the research of others
- Is able to facilitate others of mixed ability to develop specialised innovative packages of care
- Has highly developed empathy, negotiation and leadership skills
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, where there are barriers to understanding
- Is able to write clear reports and notes and advise others regarding clinical reports eg. for legal processes and publishing
- Can effectively interpret national and local policies in clinical specialism and lead on implementation
- Is able to use sign language and communication aids appropriate to the care group (where appropriate to specialism)
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).
