Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
London, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 hour ago
Senior Specialist Speech & Language Therapist – Adult Inpatients, Critical Care
Band 7 Full-time, permanent.
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join the acute in-patient service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. You will be based at St Thomas’ Hospital, delivering a senior specialist service to Critical Care.
You will have significant experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders. You will be able to demonstrate competence in managing patients who are tracheostomy and ventilator dependent. You will have significant experience of managing dysphagia and participating in Videofluoroscopy and FEES.
There is a strong ethos of clinical support, supervision and development within the team. The service is able to offer you excellent supervision and peer support, with an emphasis on team working. Quality improvement projects and research ideas are strongly encouraged, both within SLT and in the multi-professional teams. We have regular team meetings, plus opportunities for continuing professional development through in-house training, clinical excellence networks and external courses.
For further information please contact Anjali Kharpal (Lead Speech and Language Therapist) on anjali.kharpal@nhs.net or 02071887798.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our Values Help Us To Define And Develop Our Culture, What We Do And How We Do It. It Is Important That We All Understand And Reflect These Values In Our Work. We Are
Caring – we put patients first.
Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence.
Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaboratively.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Harbert Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: laura.harbert1@nhs.net Telephone number: 02071887798
lynn.macdonell@nhs.net
Band 7 Full-time, permanent.
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join the acute in-patient service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. You will be based at St Thomas’ Hospital, delivering a senior specialist service to Critical Care.
You will have significant experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders. You will be able to demonstrate competence in managing patients who are tracheostomy and ventilator dependent. You will have significant experience of managing dysphagia and participating in Videofluoroscopy and FEES.
There is a strong ethos of clinical support, supervision and development within the team. The service is able to offer you excellent supervision and peer support, with an emphasis on team working. Quality improvement projects and research ideas are strongly encouraged, both within SLT and in the multi-professional teams. We have regular team meetings, plus opportunities for continuing professional development through in-house training, clinical excellence networks and external courses.
For further information please contact Anjali Kharpal (Lead Speech and Language Therapist) on anjali.kharpal@nhs.net or 02071887798.
- To take independent clinical responsibility for the provision of a high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service to adult patients in critical care with patients who are tracheostomised and ventilated.
- To work as a core member of the critical care MDT
- To work within the wider team at St Thomas' providing supervision, leading videofloroscopy clinics / FEES and contribute to training.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our Values Help Us To Define And Develop Our Culture, What We Do And How We Do It. It Is Important That We All Understand And Reflect These Values In Our Work. We Are
Caring – we put patients first.
Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence.
Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaboratively.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Harbert Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: laura.harbert1@nhs.net Telephone number: 02071887798
lynn.macdonell@nhs.net
