Specialist Stroke Surgical SLT | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Outer) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kingston, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6235608/396-NN-6235608-AHP-Z |
Summary
The Speech and Language Therapy Department at Kingston Hospital are pleased to offer this exciting position to lead and develop the Speech and language Therapy service on the Acute Stroke Unit.
The unit consists of 20 acute stroke beds and has a dynamic and innovative multi-disciplinary team with its own rehabilitation room. The Stroke Unit offers its own training programme and has regular MDT and service development meetings. The Unit has well established links with other Acute and Hyper-Acute Stroke services and other agencies. The role will also include providing senior input to the medical wards.
The successful candidate will be a strong team player, be highly motivated and flexible, with a commitment to new ways of working and have an innovative approach to patient care and service delivery.
Experience in acute care is essential, as is a background in neurology and rehabilitation. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate highly developed skills in the management of dysphagia and acquired communication disorders.
• To provide an effective and evidenced-based Speech & Language service to adult in-patients with communication and / or swallowing difficulties within the Stroke Unit.
• This role will also include specialist input for patients with other neurological conditions within the hospital.
• The post-holder will be expected to coordinate seamlessly with other SLT teams within the Trust to provide prompt and timely management of acute patients, according to the demand of services.
• The post holder will work as a highly specialist, autonomous practitioner, independently prioritising and managing an in-patient caseload.
• The role will also have responsibility for overseeing the management of caseloads of more junior members of staff within the SLT department.
• Participation in the development and monitoring of the SLT service to the Stroke Unit and medicine. Supervision / management of other SLT teams during periods of sickness / annual leave will also be required.
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
This advert closes on Monday 6 May 2024