Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist: Neonates and Paediatrics

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This post presents an exciting opportunity to be the Clinical Lead SLT in neonatal and acute paediatric care; delivering the SLT service to the Level 3 Neonatal Unit, the Acute Paediatric wards and complex outpatient clinics at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
You will provide predominantly in-patient with some out-patient SLT care across the neonatal, child and teenage age range and be part of an innovative and expert multi-professional team within neonatal and acute paediatric specialities.
You will be embedded within the SLT team, who deliver a service across the Neonatal Unit, Acute Paediatrics and the Children and Young Peoples Cancer Service (CYPCS) and support the Consultant SLT in overall service delivery.
You will work closely with your counterparts, drive improvement initiatives and be directly responsible for the supervision and development of the B6 post.
You will be engaged with service improvement and delivery across the regional Operational Delivery Network and with appropriate national initiatives both within the profession and across wider multi-professional networks
To deliver and shape an expert SLT service to the neonatal unit (ITU, HDU, SCBU and TC) and the acute paediatric services
To oversee delivery and enhancement of out-patient service to infants with complex feeding disorders
To apply expert SLT knowledge and experience to drive service improvement and quality outcomes across the NNU and acute paediatric service
To provide expert supervision to internal and external SLT recipients within this speciality.
To provide advanced level teaching/presentations to multi-professional, multi-levelled audiences.
To support the Consultant SLT in cross-service initiatives providing excellence in care.
To use the UCLH Trust values to drive innovation and good practice in care across the paeds and neonatal SLT service.
The department would consider applications from Band 7 candidates that don’t meet all the required competencies and/or experience of this Band 8a post - please contact us directly, using the details below if you would like more information.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology .
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running ! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work

Please refer the Job description for details