Speech and Language Therapist - Acute General Medicine Speciality

Dear Prospective Candidate

Thank you for your interest in this exciting opportunity.

We are seeking a full-time (37.5 hours per week), fixed-term (12 months) Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Acute General Medicine inpatient team at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. This post is available to cover a staff member on secondment and offers an excellent opportunity to develop expertise across a diverse and complex acute medical caseload within a supportive and experienced team.

The service works across a range of specialities including Elderly Care, Respiratory, Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Surgery. The team also contributes to the inpatient Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service, the countywide Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS) service, and multidisciplinary education and training programmes.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative SLT who thrives in a busy multidisciplinary environment. You will work closely with colleagues across the Acute General Medicine, Stroke, Neurosciences and Critical Care teams to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

This is a varied and rewarding role, offering opportunities to work collaboratively with specialist services while making a meaningful difference to patients' lives.

If you would like to find out more, please get in touch. We would be delighted to hear from you.

With best wishes,

Charlie Howland

Service Manager, Adult Speech and Language Therapy

The post holder will be an experienced Speech and Language Therapist working across acute inpatient wards at the John Radcliffe Hospital. This includes complex medicine, elderly care, surgery, cardiac services, and trauma. They will be an integral member of the inpatient Speech and Language Therapy team and work closely within multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring patients receive person-centred and effective care.

The Post Holder Will

• Use specialist clinical skills to identify, assess, diagnose and manage a specialist caseload of adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders across a complex general medical caseload.
• They will select the appropriate intervention for effective, evidence-based therapy.
• Make independent decisions about caseload management.
• Contribute to audit and service development projects in this clinical area and the wider department.
• Independently receive and provide supervision for students on placement
• Provide necessary cover for the caseloads of other Speech and Language Therapists within the Trust during periods of annual / sick leave, this includes cover at Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charlotte (Charlie) Howland Job title: Adult Speech Therapy Service Manager Email address: Charlotte.Howland@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865743137

Claire Daly

Clinical Lead SLT - Acute General Medicine Workstream

ph. 01865 743 133