Lead Speech Language Therapist- HART and Major Trauma Team | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6208887/339-TJC4476 |
Summary
We are looking for a highly motivated and self-drivenLead Speech and Language Therapist - Hyper Acute Rehab Team (HART) and Major Trauma (MT) Team to support both Major Trauma and Neurosurgical patients requiring Specialist Rehabilitation (Category A and B rehabilitation needs). This is an exciting opportunity with incredible MDT support, working as part of a highly specialist therapy team including Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine, alongside Trauma & Orthopedic and Neurosurgery specialty teams. Within your dynamic caseload, you will assess and deliver specialist rehabilitation, as well as contributing to individualised Rehabilitation Prescriptions. You will be delivering hands on specialist therapy alongside having an integral role in service development, leading a small team and implementing best practice and quality improvement initiatives.
You will receive professional support from a highly established and specialist SLT team, to include in house development of videofluoroscopy, tracheostomy and FEES competencies. Additionally, there are unique training opportunities to develop wider knowledge of specialist areas, including major trauma.
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Working amongst a team of specialist multi-disciplinary therapists and medical professionals to assess and deliver rehabilitation for Neurosurgical and polytrauma patients with complex needs. This includes patients with musculoskeletal injuries, spinal cord injuries and all acquired brain injuries.
The role involves hands on therapy alongside development of bespoke Rehabilitation Prescriptions, Key Working Major Trauma patients and contributing to service delivery projects. The post holders will support the Major Trauma Service with achieving key performance indicators in addition service development and providing clinical supervision, mentoring, line management and support to junior staff working in the HART.
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning Brunel building at Southmead Hospital. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Situated in the vibrant city of Bristol is our award-winning building opened in 2014, offering exceptional facilities for patients and staff alike.
• To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy (SLT) assessment, diagnosis and treatment service to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties.
• To provide leadership within the Speech and Language Therapy team by providing clinical supervision, mentoring, line management and support to junior staff working in the HART.
• To provide leadership within the wider multidisciplinary team by representing Speech and Language Therapy at meetings and working groups covering quality governance, service evaluation and service planning.
• Be an integral part of the Major Trauma and HART service, providing cover Monday – Friday but this may evolve to cover (on a rota) 7 days a week.
• To work as a senior level practitioner under the RCSLT Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) competency framework.
• IR(ME)R trained and achievement of level 3 competency in videofluoroscopy (VFS) in accordance with the RCSLT guidelines for performing SLT led VFS swallowing examinations.
• Provide a key worker service to patients and families during and after hospital stay. This includes education of the rehabilitation management of traumatic injuries, signposting to services and providing psychological support
• Complete rehabilitation prescriptions (RP) within national service specification timescales.
• To take part in service development, research and evaluation of the major trauma and HART.
• Work with the TARN data coordinators to provide accurate, timely data required for TARN submission
• Be a positive role model and display a positive attitude within the division, trust, network and wider services.
• To provide specialist communication services for patients including involving outside agencies as appropriate regarding provision of alternative and augmentative communication
• To provide training opportunities for the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) in the area of communication and swallowing difficulties arising from major trauma and neurosurgical conditions
• Engage in regular CPD/training opportunities provided by MT.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024