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Senior Speech and Language Therapist | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 April 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE5 4PW |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Leicester |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7032468/358-7032468-CSI |
Summary
Do you have an interest in acute care and rehabilitation?
Do you want to join a service with strong leadership and an emphasis on staff development?
Due to internal development we are are looking for the right candidate to join us full-time as a Band 6 Senior Speech and Language Therapist across our acute inpatient services and Brain Injury Unit. This is a split-post role with 0.6 WTE acute inpatient services and 0.4 WTE Brain Injury Unit.
Options for flexible working will be considered. Car driving is not an essential requirement of this role.
You will be based in the Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service within University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL).
Acute inpatient services: You will provide input to the acute inpatient services at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital as needed. You will be working as part of a growing services which includes an Operational Lead, Band 7 Clinical Specialist, Band 6 and Band 5 therapists and a Band 3 Amin Assistant. In acute care every day is different. You will be supporting individuals with a range of conditions including dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, respiratory conditions, cancer and infectious diseases.
Brain Injury Unit: You will be working as part of an experienced Speech and Language Therapy team which includes a Band 7 Clinical Specialist, Band 6 and Band 5 rotational colleagues and a Band 4 Assistant. BIU is a 9-bedded unit providing specialist rehabilitation for people aged 16-65 who have had a brain injury, the cause of which could include trauma, lack of oxygen to the brain or a brain tumour. This unit supports patients with highly complex needs including those in prolonged disorders of consciousness and with tracheostomy. Patients are offered a family meeting to discuss their progress, goals and next steps in treatment, before being discharged to the NRU, another community hospital, a specialist rehabilitation centre outside UHL, a specialist nursing home or home.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
• Working independently with adults with a range of acquired and often complex communication and swallowing disorders, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Supporting with morning processes.
• Contributing to regular team meetings and in-service training.
• Providing clinical supervision, mentoring and training opportunities for junior members of staff
• Facilitating student placements.
• Supporting the wider service to provide a community videofluoroscopy clinic (on rota).
• A large part of this role involves supporting individuals with dysphagia. You will be expected to demonstrate completion of Level B of the RCSLT Dysphagia Training and Competency Framework as part of the application process.
We believe in supporting our team to achieve their goals and are committed to offering:
• Regular 1:1 and peer supervision
• Annual appraisal
• Opportunities for joint working
• Continuing professional development, both through in-house training and external courses
• A 4-6 weekly ‘STARS’ session to work towards individual objectives
• Support to complete in-house video fluoroscopy competencies and MBSImP training
This advert closes on Friday 28 Mar 2025