NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
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About the Role
Are you passionate about patient care and are looking for a new and exciting challenge? Come and join our innovative, supportive, and highly skilled Speech and Language Therapy Team at LUHFT!
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team at Broadgreen Hospital. You will manage a caseload across the reablement hub and stroke transitional unit. There is an opportunity to work with a broad range of complex conditions alongside a range of other specialties. You will be supported to develop skills in dysphagia and communication as well as caseload management, prioritization, and leadership.
The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and friendly multidisciplinary team who are passionate about patient care and service delivery. The role embraces driving rehab and reablement with older people, and you will have the opportunity to work with elderly care and stroke patients in the sub-acute environment.
About the Team
We are a progressive department who are well-respected by our medical, nursing, and AHP colleagues. We are the drivers of a number of local policies and projects, and to ensure best practice, we work collaboratively as a department, attending CENs, SIGs, and working parties regionally and beyond.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention for patients with eating, drinking, or communication difficulties as part of a seven-day service.
- Work within the MDT as a valued team member.
- Contribute to daily ward-based board-round and weekly MDT meetings.
- Develop the SALT service provision within this setting, including dysphagia / communication training.
Opportunities
- Access to expert practitioner Speech and Language Therapists in advanced dysphagia, Stroke, critical care, respiratory, and voice.
- Videofluoroscopy clinics run weekly.
- Well-established FEES training program for senior clinicians.
- All Band 6 staff have the opportunity to become Videofluoroscopy practitioners.
Continuing Professional Development
We have regular team meetings and are committed to continuing professional development. We have a clear supervision structure, and advice is available from our highly skilled Clinical Specialists within the department.
Supervision and Service Development
Band 6 therapists are required to supervise Band 5 / assistant staff and deputise for clinical team leads. You will be encouraged to support service development through inclusion in internal and external projects.
About the Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Ana Wilshaw
- Job Title: Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
- Email Address: ana.wilshaw@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 0151 282 6318
Kirsten Evans
Lead Therapist for Reablement
Kirsten.Evans@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
0151 282 6686
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