Barts Health NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Role Overview
Due to maternity leave we are excited to offer this part time (22.5 hours) fixed term Band 7 role to join our team of specialists in acute children’s care. Based at The Royal London Children’s Hospital, part of the the job plan for this role will be delivering highly specialist acute care for complex communication and swallowing difficulties arising from trauma, acquired and progressive neurological conditions and acute and chronic respiratory conditions on the paediatric wards. The role will also involve working with the PCCU MDT to develop envionrmental support for patients with complex communication needs. Knowledge and experience of different AAC systems is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Joining our existing team of 4 SLTs with regular inservices, joint working, robust audit and monthly formal supervision where boundaries in acute therapeutic care can be explored safely within a supportive SLT setting to optimise clinical outcomes for children.
- Delivering highly specialist and dedicated intervention to children and infants (0-16 years) admitted to the Paediatric wards including the 10 bedded Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) with complex feeding and swallowing difficulties, acquired and developmental communication disorders arising from a wide range of acute etiologies including trauma, respiratory and neurological conditions.
- Working as an integrated member of the Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service based at The Royal London Children’s Hospital.
- Being a fully autonomous dysphagia practitioner, (ideally including paediatrics/infants) and having knowledge of objective swallowing assessment e.g. videofluoroscopy.
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Requirements
Applicants should be an autonomous dysphagia practitioner (including infants) with evidenced knowledge and experience in acquired brain injury, developmental speech and language therapy and complex learning needs. Knowledge of complex airway management, ventilation and trachestomy is desirable but training and support can be provided.
Flexible Working
Flexible working opportunities can be discussed.
About Us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
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Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Claire Dingley
- Job title: Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address: claire.dingley2@nhs.net
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