Band 7 Clinical Lead - Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

at  The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced clinician to work with the Speech & Language Therapy lead and wider MDT to review, plan and co-ordinate SLT provision within the urgent care footprint
This is a new and exciting role to support patient flow through the organisation and the successful candidate will be responsible for leading change in the service and becoming an integral member of the urgent care teams.
This will include opportunities to develop education and training to the wider MDT to ensure referrals into Speech and Language Therapy are both timely and appropriate.
You will lead the service for the acute in-patient team, including elements of staff management, service development and being an integral part of the clinical team, as well as support with the co-ordination of SLT provision for the acute team on a day to day basis.
We are aiming to focus on early assessment and intervention for communication and swallowing needs in the area, as well as follow patients who are admitted through to other acute wards, supporting staff as part of the wider caseload.
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Job Overview Continued
We have well established teams in Acute, Stroke, Critical Care and Head and Neck Cancer as well as significant specialist clinical knowledge and clinics for Video fluoroscopy and FEES, with opportunities to develop in this area if desired.
We also supervise and educate student SLTs to a graduate standard, working with the Universities to ensure standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.
Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what’s available for you here at The Dudley Group
We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible
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