Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join the respiratory team within the Heart Lung and Critical Care (HLCC) clinical group. Based across Royal Brompton and Guys Hospitals, you will be working with the severe asthma team and other respiratory specialties. You will be supported and supervised by the Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapists in Voice and Respiratory.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised SLT qaulification and current HCPC reg
- Post-graduate dysphagia training or equivalent supervised experience
Desirable
- Post-graduate specialist training relevant to upper airway disorders and complex breathlessness
Experience
Essential
- Familiarity with management of upper airway disorders including laryngeal hypersensitivity, ILO and chronic refractory cough
- Knowledge and experience in the use of instrumental assessment tools including flexible nasendoscopy and laryngoscopy with provocation.
- Experience of working with patients with acute and long-term conditions affecting respiratory and neuromuscular function
- In-depth knowledge and experience in assessing and treating communication and swallowing disorders in adults
Desirable
- Level 3 FEES competency or equivalent/ Lead VF clinician
- Active member of clinical education networks
Skills
Essential
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner demonstrating problem-solving and solution-focused skills, seeking guidance and support when necessary
- Working alone and in MDT clinics
- Delivering high-quality supervision, teaching and training to others
Desirable
- Completion of Practice Educator training and delivery of student placements
About the employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that we all understand and reflect these values in our work. We are:
Caring - we put patients first.
Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence.
Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively.