Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language - Chertsey, United Kingdom - Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Chertsey, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Delivering excellence in patient care and patient experience is our driving force. We are committed to personal development through supervision and appraisal, as well as internal/external training. Staff involvement in research and development is encouraged, with opportunities for service evaluation, audit and quality improvement initiatives.

There is a 7-day service across some teams, and you are expected to participate as per service requirements.

Be jointly responsible for the day to day running of the SLT service on the Hyper Acute, Acute Stroke Unit and Stroke Rehab unit.
To provide clinical expertise and support to the team within Acute Stroke service this includes Acute and Traumatic Brain Injuries ensuring high level of clinical skills in the team.
To be a clinical expert resource to other in patient teams as required.
Be responsible for the management of a complex clinical caseload
Be involved in developing the service in line with national and local strategic plans
To provide instrumental FEES and Videofluoroscopy services in line with national guidance.
To jointly line manage the SLTs within the team consisting of band 6, band 5 and band 3 SLT assistant staff.
Provide onward referral and liaison to ESD, rehabilitation services and community services.

The Trust is moving towards 7 day working and this post will be expected to participate in providing services across 7 days, including extended hours and weekend working

Ashford and St.

Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

On-site Nurseries

On-site staff cafes

On-site parking

Support in career development

Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:

Overview of Responsibilities:
JOB DIMENSIONS & ACCOUNTABILITIES

To supervise the work of other speech and language therapists, students, speech and language therapy assistants and volunteers
To provide leadership within the appropriate specialist areas
To lead and co-ordinate others in delegated tasks PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

To maintain Health Profession Council Standards of Proficiency, to practise within the legal and ethical boundaries of the profession and to be aware of current legislation applicable to the work of speech and language therapists
To work within defined departmental and national protocols / policies and professional code of conduct
To use knowledge of speech and language therapy to assess and manage people with communication and swallowing disorders
To translate professional principles into action through a number of different approaches to practice
To select or modify approaches to meet the needs of the individual
To establish and maintain safe environments for clinical practice which minimise risks to patients / clients, those treating them, and others, including the use of hazard control and particularly infection control
To seek advice when needed Accountability for Financial and Physical Resources

To monitor stock levels in own service area and request new equipment
To make petty cash purchases as required

To be responsible for the security of client and confidential records, and the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained.

This includes equipment loaned to clients and equipment taken off site

KEY RESULT AREAS /PRIONCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Professional autonomy and accountabilits

To participate in and undertake to learn from the supervision and development opportunities provided by the Trust and the speech and language therapy department
To work with a high level of autonomy in making decisions in relation to own practice and on a wider basis in relation to service delivery in meeting patients' / clients' needs
To provide second opinion to other specialist staff within and outside