About this role
Job summary
Are you a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking to gain experience in an adult acute setting and achieve dysphagia competencies? Due to internal promotions, opportunities have arisen to join our team in a full-time Band 5 rotational role, with the possibility of other opportunities becoming available in the future.We have five 6-month rotations which are on a preference basis. Rotations include Acute Medical (Cardio-Respiratory, Care of the Elderly), Neurosciences, Acute Stroke and Early Supported Discharge for Stroke.We pride ourselves on being a friendly, encouraging and innovative team with a can-do attitude and service development is driven at every level.
You will have regular access to supervision and training, including peer supervision and there is encouragement to do joint sessions with any SLT across specialities to share specialist skills and knowledge. We offer in house dysphagia training for NQPs and provide a robust objective assessment service for our patients with excellent access to VFSS and FEES clinics.As a Band 5 at BHRUT you will experience a wide variety of clinical specialities but also develop non-clinical skills in quality improvement, training provision to the wider multi-disciplinary team and supervision. Applications from students who are about to graduate soon will be considered. If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please contact Clinical Lead SLT Virginia Puno ([email protected]) with any questions.
Main duties of the job
o To provide clinical speech and language therapy services to adults within the acute hospital inpatient population who present with swallow and/or communication difficulties. This would include rotating across the following specialities: neurology, stroke, respiratory, gastroenterology, cardiology and elderly care.o The post holder will have the opportunity to rotate and develop skills in the following specialities: neurosurgery, neurology, stroke (acute and rehabilitation), respiratory, elderly, medicine and gastroenterology.o Deliver education and training to patients, carers and other healthcare professionals including nursing staff, therapists, and assistants.o To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to maximise the rehabilitation potential of patients.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- H.C.P.C. Registration
Desirable
- Post graduate training and development courses
SKILLS/ABILITIES
Essential
- Experience working in an acute hospital based setting within an MDT, including as a student SLT
Desirable
- Dysphagia experience or competencies
EXPERIENCE
Desirable
- Previous experience working as an SLT assistant, volunteer in relevant fields or experience working at Band 5 level
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)