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Due to new funding, we have a rare opportunity for a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our Critical Care team at QEHB. This is fixed term for 12 months - 30 hours per week with a view to become substantive if KPIs are met. This role will be predominantly clinical with a focus on quality improvement and clinical expertise. The successful candidate will be working alongside a Band 7 Team lead SLT, Band 8a Clinical Specialist and several peer highly specialist SLTs. This cohort of patients has swallowing, voice, airway and communication difficulties within the Critical Care setting, including tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation. This caseload includes major trauma, neurology/neurosurgery, transplant, burns, surgery, cardiac, liver, ENT & Thoracics.
We have a large yet close-knit, highly skilled team who contribute to our robust supervision structure. Innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development are actively encouraged. QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population.
The team offers:
* A full induction programme, robust supervision & peer support
* A wide range of opportunities for research and career development
* Access to videofluoroscopy & FEES
* Modern facilities with good transport links
The successful candidate would be part of the Critical Care Speech and Language Therapy team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload, with support from the Team Lead SLT and ICU Clinical Specialist.
The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing swallowing and communication disorders for patients within a Critical Care setting.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
* assessing and managing patients with communication, airway and swallowing disorders in an ICU setting, including tracheostomy management.
* service development and audit
* training and supervision of junior colleagues and students
* working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment
* Utilising specialist assessments including FEES.
* Regular quality improvement projects
* Involvement in audit, research and presenting patient outcomes.
We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential. We would welcome a candidate who is has experience working with patients in the specialist area, but our supportive team will be willing to support your development in these areas.
We would welcome interested candidates to get in touch for an informal discussion. Please contact Molly Metcalf (Clinical Lead) via molly.metcalf@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 3483
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.