Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist ENT/HNC
NHS Jobs Nottingham
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert. To prioritise and manage a large and diverse caseload ensuring practice is in line with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Position Papers and Quality Guidelines, and the HCPC professional regulations.
To develop, deliver and monitor highly specialist interventions for patients within the defined pathway, encompassing all aspects of complex diagnosis and management for effective swallowing and communication. To independently manage and prioritise own complex caseload in a highly specialist area.
To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals across primary and secondary care, social services and the Voluntary sector. To be responsible for planning, provision, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of learning and development to other professionals within specialist clinical area.
To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums as delegated by ENT SLT clinical lead. Clinical Practice To independently provide a highly specialist SLT assessment, diagnosis, intervention and advice service to patients with swallowing and communication impairments within the Head and Neck/ENT pathway, as well as services to families, support staff and professionals.
To undertake, interpret, and act on findings of diagnostic assessments (endoscopic swallow clinics; Videofluoroscopy x-ray swallow clinics) in line with RCSLT competency and clinical banding. Manage patients who have undergone surgical voice restoration, training patients and their carers in voice prosthesis use and care, working mainly independently but accessing guidance from Clinical Lead as appropriate.
To take responsibility for managing patients with swallowing disorders, recognising complications of aspiration, and compromised nutrition and hydration, working closely with multi-professional agencies including primary care and palliative/end of life teams to ensure best clinical practice and patient safety.
To be skilled in recognising clinical voice/vocal fold movement disorders and undertake management as appropriate within competency, using and interpreting instrumental assessment procedures (endoscopic evaluation of larynx; acoustic assessments).
Clinical Leadership Provide clinical training and supervision to junior SLT staff,SLT assistant/ technical instructor and SLT students To delegate to assistant SLT, administrative and nursing staff. To identify and contribute to team objectives reflecting local and national health and social care priorities.
To implement national and local policy relevant to specialist clinical area, ensuring service is consistent with these, and contributing to strategic planning. Clinical Governance To monitor and assess clinical competencies of junior staff and assistants within the clinical specialism.
To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base within particular clinical expertise. Identify and minimise risk in order to enable safe working practices, advising the Pathway Lead and Head of Service of any concerns, includes maintaining pathway risk register, medical devices register etc.
To contribute to the clinical governance activities of the NUH ENT/HNC Service including reporting from incidents, near misses, complaints. To proactively contribute to regional or national clinical excellence networks, either uni professional RCSLT groups or multi professional.
Research and Learning and Development To ensure service delivery in delegated lead area is underpinned by available research evidence. To be responsible for the development, provision and evaluation of programmes of learning and development for speech and language therapy staff including provision and/or coordination of student placements, mentoring and/or supervision of junior staff and assistants.
To develop, deliver and monitor highly specialist interventions for patients within the defined pathway, encompassing all aspects of complex diagnosis and management for effective swallowing and communication. To independently manage and prioritise own complex caseload in a highly specialist area.
To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals across primary and secondary care, social services and the Voluntary sector. To be responsible for planning, provision, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of learning and development to other professionals within specialist clinical area.
To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums as delegated by ENT SLT clinical lead. Clinical Practice To independently provide a highly specialist SLT assessment, diagnosis, intervention and advice service to patients with swallowing and communication impairments within the Head and Neck/ENT pathway, as well as services to families, support staff and professionals.
To undertake, interpret, and act on findings of diagnostic assessments (endoscopic swallow clinics; Videofluoroscopy x-ray swallow clinics) in line with RCSLT competency and clinical banding. Manage patients who have undergone surgical voice restoration, training patients and their carers in voice prosthesis use and care, working mainly independently but accessing guidance from Clinical Lead as appropriate.
To take responsibility for managing patients with swallowing disorders, recognising complications of aspiration, and compromised nutrition and hydration, working closely with multi-professional agencies including primary care and palliative/end of life teams to ensure best clinical practice and patient safety.
To be skilled in recognising clinical voice/vocal fold movement disorders and undertake management as appropriate within competency, using and interpreting instrumental assessment procedures (endoscopic evaluation of larynx; acoustic assessments).
Clinical Leadership Provide clinical training and supervision to junior SLT staff,SLT assistant/ technical instructor and SLT students To delegate to assistant SLT, administrative and nursing staff. To identify and contribute to team objectives reflecting local and national health and social care priorities.
To implement national and local policy relevant to specialist clinical area, ensuring service is consistent with these, and contributing to strategic planning. Clinical Governance To monitor and assess clinical competencies of junior staff and assistants within the clinical specialism.
To maintain a highly specialised knowledge base within particular clinical expertise. Identify and minimise risk in order to enable safe working practices, advising the Pathway Lead and Head of Service of any concerns, includes maintaining pathway risk register, medical devices register etc.
To contribute to the clinical governance activities of the NUH ENT/HNC Service including reporting from incidents, near misses, complaints. To proactively contribute to regional or national clinical excellence networks, either uni professional RCSLT groups or multi professional.
Research and Learning and Development To ensure service delivery in delegated lead area is underpinned by available research evidence. To be responsible for the development, provision and evaluation of programmes of learning and development for speech and language therapy staff including provision and/or coordination of student placements, mentoring and/or supervision of junior staff and assistants.
As a requirement of the post, undertake research and/or audit in accordance with the needs of the Trust and the profession, contributing to the growing body of local and national evidence. To demonstrate own continuing professional development.
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