Band 7 Slt Head - London, United Kingdom - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and experienced Speech and Language to join our leadership team with Health Services for Elderly People (HSEP) and General Medicine.

The post holder will:

- provide clinical leadership of a highly specialised therapy service across Health Services for Elderly People, working in partnership with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- be part of a team of senior SLT's working within specialty groups that include Neurology, Head and Neck Cancer, Voice / ENT and critical Care / Respiratory.
- be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment of adult patients in acute elderly and general medical services within the Royal Free Hospital.
- deputise for the Clinical Lead Speech and Language therapist, to ensure the development of collaborative and multidisciplinary team working practices between Therapy Teams at our Barnet and Chase Hospital sites, to assist in achieving Trust and national government targets.

You will be joining a team of SLT's and will be well supported with opportunities for peer support and access to joint working with clinical leads.

You will be offered opportunities for personal and professional development. The Speech and Language Therapy team run both VF and FEES instrumental assessment clinics.

The Royal Free London has excellent clinical outcomes and the therapies team has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary, evidence based practise.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts.

Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle.

From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement.

We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.