Job summary
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Neonatal Speech and Language Therapist
Band 7
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist speech and Language therapist to join our MDT neonatal team at Newham University hospital alongside a growing work force. They will be a passionate infant and dysphagia SLT who is keen to work towards integrated ways of working, developmental care and Baby friendly frame works. They will receive ongoing mentoring, management and support from the Clinical Lead Neonatal SLT based at the Royal London Hospital and the rest of the neonatal MDT on site. We would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Working within the Acute Children’s Therapies and Play service across Barts Health, the post holder will work as an autonomous Neonatal speech and language therapy practitioner with advanced infant feeding and dysphagia skills to provide universal, targeted and specialist care as part of an Neonatal MDT to infants on the neonatal unit at Newham. The post holder will be embedded on the neonatal unit working collaboratively with the family and neonatal MDT team ( medical, nursing Dietitian, OT, Physios, infant feeding leads) to ensure best practice. They will contribute to Baby Friendly initiatives and Family integrated care as part of the core Neonatal MDT. They will receive peer support within the neonatal therapies team and neonatal network and clinical supervision from the Clinical Neonatal Lead for SLT. They will be expected to independently have oversight of the neonatal caseload with support and second opinions from the neonatal Clinical Lead and working relationships
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree/Equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- • HCPC Registration
- • Evidence of continuing professional development
- • Evidence of post graduate paediatric/neonatal dysphagia training/short course
Desirable criteria
- • Member RCSLT
- • Member of relevant special clinical interest groups
- • Supervision training
Experience
Essential criteria
- • At least 3 years post-qualification experience working within paediatric dysphagia (including infant feeding)
- • Evidence of relevant post graduate courses in paediatric/infant feeding
- • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- • Experience of working within an acute hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working within the acute paediatric hospital
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Brenda Carty
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Neonatal SLT
- Email address
- [email protected]
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