We have an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist speech and Language therapist to Join our MDT neonatal team at Whipps Cross hospital alongside a growing work force. They will be a passionate infant and dysphagia SLT who is keen to work towards integrated ways of working, developmental care and Baby friendly frame works. They will receive ongoing mentoring, management and support from the Clinical Lead Neonatal SLT based at the Royal London Hospital and the rest of the neonatal MDT on site. We would love to hear from you.
Working within the Acute Children’s Therapies and Play service across Barts Health, the post holder will work as an autonomous Neonatal Speech and Language Therapist with advanced neonatal infant feeding/communication, developmental care and neonatal dysphagia skills. They will work with the MDT to provide Universal, Targeted and Specialist care to infants on the neonatal unit at Whips Cross. The post holder will be embedded on the neonatal unit working collaboratively with the family and neonatal MDT team ( medical, nursing Dietitian, OT, Physio, infant feeding leads) to ensure best care. They will contribute to Baby Friendly Initiative and Family Integrated Care as part of the core Neonatal MDT. They will receive peer support within the neonatal team, neonatal network and clinical supervision from the Clinical Neonatal Lead for SLT. They will also receive peer support from the other Neonatal SLT at Barts. They will have independent oversight of the neonatal caseload with support and second opinions from the neonatal Clinical Lead and other specialist MDT e.g. OT, PT, Resp, ENT.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Brenda Carty Job title: Lead Neonatal SLT Email address:
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