Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Outpatients)

Job summary

Would you like to provide Speech and Language Therapy to people with swallowing and communication difficulties? Due to maternity leave we have an opportunity for you to be an integral part of an established outpatient SLT team at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, on a fixed term basis. The successful candidate would provide outpatient Speech and Language Therapy to a range of patients with neurological, voice, respiratory and medical diagnoses for swallowing and communication.

Our SLTs benefit from a robust supervision structure alongside innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development being encouraged. You would be part of a well-established team which also benefits from SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services so opportunities to access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available.

QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population, treating over 2.8 million people every year.

The team offers:

* A full induction programme, robust supervision, regular team meetings & peer support

* A wide range of opportunities for career development

* Access to instrumental assessment and management modalities

* Modern facilities with good transport links

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would work within the Speech and Language Therapy outpatient team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload.

The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing swallowing, voice and communication disorders for patients within a varied outpatient setting. You will have close working relationships with ENT, dietetics, Clinical Nurse Specialists and other AHPs. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

* assessing and managing patients with communication and swallowing disorders in an outpatient setting, including specialist clinics

* work as an integral part of specialist MDT clinics

* service development and audit

* training of junior colleagues and students

* working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment

We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.

We would welcome interested candidates to get in touch for an informal discussion. Please contact Stef Matthews (Professional Lead) via stefanie.matthews@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 3483.

Job responsibilities

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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