University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Advanced Speech and Language Therapist: Neonates and Lactation
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Band 8a Advanced Speech and Language Therapist (SLT): neonates and lactation
16 hours per week (0.43wte)
This post presents an exciting opportunity to continue the legacy of a part time dual role of Speech and Language Therapist and Lactation Consultant; delivering a highly specialised and bespoke service to the Level 3 Neonatal Unit, the Acute Paediatric wards and complex outpatient clinics at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide predominantly in-patient SLT and maternal lactation support, to high risk neonates on NNU, though targeted and specialised direct intervention alongside influencing best practice through teaching and strategic innovation, influencing the feeding and neurodevelopmental outcomes. You will be embedded within an innovative and expert multi-professional team within neonatal and acute paediatric specialities.
The Paediatric and Neonatal SLT team at UCLH deliver a service across the Neonatal Unit, Acute Paediatrics and the Children and Young Peoples Cancer Service (CYPCS) and as a lead you will support the Consultant SLT in overall service delivery.
You will work closely with your counterparts, drive improvement initiatives and act as an expert resource for SLT, nursing, medical and AHP colleagues.
You will be engaged with service improvement and delivery across the regional Operational Delivery Network and with appropriate national initiatives both within the profession and across wider multi-professional networks.
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Responsibilities
- To deliver and shape an expert SLT service to the neonatal unit (ITU, HDU, SCBU and TC) and the acute paediatric services.
- To deliver and shape the lactation support of mothers/birthing persons of infants on NNU, including driving quality improvement initiatives locally, regionally and potentially nationally.
- To support infant feeding nursing training and support as part of breastfeeding initiatives on NNU.
- To contribute to the delivery and enhancement of outpatient service to infants with complex feeding disorders.
- To apply expert SLT knowledge and experience to drive service improvement and quality outcomes across the NNU and the acute paediatric service.
- To provide expert supervision to internal and external SLT recipients within this speciality.
- To provide advanced level teaching/presentations to multi-professional, multi-levelled audiences.
- To support the Consultant SLT in cross-service initiatives providing excellence in care.
- To use the UCLH Trust values to drive innovation and good practice in care across the paediatrics and neonatal SLT service.
About the Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
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We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Liz Clark
- Job title: Consultant Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address: liz.clark3@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07866958751
Job Share - Katie Norburn -or Alex Connolly - K.norburn@nhs.net or Alexandra.connolly1@nhs.net - 07971776301 or Liz Clarke - email - Liz.clarke3@nhs.net, 07866958751
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