Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Neonates and Paediatrics

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are offering a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced band 6 to join the Neonatal and Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team working for University College London Hospital Foundation NHS Trust (UCLH).
You will provide specialist SLT care to a complex paediatric caseload and level 3 Neonatal Unit (NNU) at University College London Hospital; dedicating your time across NNU and Acute Paediatrics services.
With support and development of your competencies, you will provide both in-patient and out-patient SLT expertise across the neonatal, child and teenage age range and be part of an innovative and expert SLT and multi-professional team within neonatal and acute paediatric specialities.
With support from your senior colleagues, to deliver a specialist SLT service to the UCH Acute Paediatric In-patient Service and the Neonatal Unit: NICU, HDU, SCBU and TC.
To deliver specialist SLT care to relevant out-patient clinics.
Using specialist intervention, to support both feeding outcomes and early neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants and high risk infants on NNU, infants and children on the acute paediatric ward and more occasionally the teenage wards.
To apply specialist SLT knowledge to inform service improvement and quality outcomes.
To engage pro-actively in receiving expert supervision to support your clinical skill set and competency.
To provide teaching/presentations to multi-professional, multi-levelled audiences.
To support student learning both within the SLT profession and the wider multi-professional arena.
To ensure optimum patient care and experience by engaging with the UCLH Trust values at all times.
To facilitate effective and timely patient management and discharge as part of the multi-professional team, throughout their care pathway.
To be an excellent team player with strong communication and negotiation skills, who thrives working within a large innovative MDT alongside many experts in this field.
To liaise effectively with various agencies within a wide geographical area, including social services, schools, charitable bodies, health teams and other hospital departments including specialist and partnership services.
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