Specialist Acute Speech and Language Therapist and Training Lead

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Band 7: £47,810 - £54,710 

Full time hours: 37.5

Permanent contract

Are you driven to transform acute speech and language therapy practice? Do you thrive on leading clinical innovation while nurturing the next generation of SLTs? Join a forward-thinking team committed to excellence in patient care, professional development, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced individual to support clinically within our Acute SLT Team and to take a lead with education, which will include our ‘in house’ dysphagia training for NQPs ensuring new staff develop their competencies for managing dysphagia in the acute setting. 

We are looking for someone who can work as an autonomous practitioner, working flexibly to provide timely assessment, diagnosis and intervention to patients across the varying specialities within Acute inpatients, whilst also supporting with the clinical supervision and education of more junior staff and students.

We would welcome evidence of training in tracheostomy management and experience/training in FEES and modified barium swallow e.g. MBSImp competencies.

If you are someone who likes the variety that the acute hospital setting can bring and enjoys working as part of a team, educating and upskilling others, then we would love to hear from you.

Pre-arranged visits to the department are welcomed and encouraged prior to application or interview. For further information on how to arrange this, please contact our Admin Team on 02392 286141.

You can also read our Job description for additional information.

Essential

• Health Professions Council Registration
• Recognised professional qualification to Degree or Masters level  
• Evidence of relevant post graduate training including leadership training
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Desirable

• Practice Educators Qualification
• Member of professional body e.g.  RCSLT

Skills and Knowledge

• Highly developed knowledge in specialist professional field, underpinned by theory.
• Supportive, excellent interpersonal skills including ability to communicate clearly both written and oral
• Outstanding leadership skills
• Understand legal responsibilities of your profession, with knowledge of professional and ethical issues in practice
• Ability to build effective working relationships within the Multi-Disciplinary Team
• Detailed knowledge of the principles and application of clinical governance
• Specialist knowledge and application of assessments, interventions, outcome measures
• Self-motivated, assertive, diplomatic and tactful
• An ability to work alone, autonomously and set own priorities
• Ability to work flexibly and manage pressure of work
• Ability to delegate and negotiate.
• Able to analyse professional and ethical issues, including ability to critically appraise own performance
• Supervisory and appraisal skills
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
• Ability to cope with a stressful working environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers
• Ability to build effective working relationships
• Competent IT skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to engage with service users, including a commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes including numeracy and literacy skills.

Experience

• Evidence of experience to meet the scope and authority of the post.
• Evidence of advanced level of practice including in depth experience at band 6 level
• Supervision of staff/students
• Transforming services and implementing change
• Leadership, recruitment and selection of staff
• In individual/group and team work in a variety of relevant settings
• Documented evidence of Continuous Practice Development (CPD)
• Practice innovation
• Of working with users/carers and external agencies

Other

• Driving licence and access to car as required for role

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.