Job overview

We’re excited to offer a brand-new role to join our small, specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team working across the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) and the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries. 

Working alongside our SLT clinical lead for spinal cord injuries, you’ll provide assessment and intervention for both communication and dysphagia across a range of settings, including the general medical wards, HDU, spinal injury unit, and outpatient clinics (voice, general and neuro). You’ll also contribute to our muscle team, offering a varied workload and plenty of opportunities to develop specialist skills.

We’re committed to supporting your development, with training provided for the management of spinal cord injury patients and tracheostomy management. You’ll also receive ongoing support from our wider voice team, with regular clinical and managerial supervision, CPD sessions, whole team meetings, and access to our broad health and wellbeing offer.

If you’re interested in this role, we would welcome an informal visit if you'd like to find out more. Please contact the team on 01743 261153 or 01691 404605 to arrange this.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work as a specialist autonomous practitioner to perform assessment of complex patients with diverse presentations. To use specialist clinical reasoning to diagnose/interpret and then develop, deliver, and adapt individualized treatment plan for patients within a specialist clinical area.
• To participate as appropriate in own professional clinical area out of hours / weekend and the Therapy collective major incident response rota providing high quality patient care and specialist advice to medical and nursing staff.
• To work closely with all appropriate multidisciplinary teams (MDT) and agencies to maximise safe and timely patient flow.
• To assess patients understanding of treatment offered, gain consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment as outlined in the Trust’s Consent guidelines.
• To ensure that contemporaneous treatment records, discharge summaries and activity data are maintained in accordance with Trust and Professional standards.
• To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload and where appropriate other members of the team, to ensure the needs of the service are met, readjusting plans as situations and priorities change.

Working for our organisation

This post sits within the wider community SLT team, covering Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. We provide a service to four community hospitals across the county, local Integrated Care System (ICS) teams and domiciliary teams. We also cover the regional specialist orthopaedic hospital and specialist spinal unit.

Within the wider SLT team, we provide services in stroke, acute medicine, oncology, and also an instrumental service in video fluoroscopy. We’re also in the process of re-establishing a FEES service.

Our vision, 'To provide excellent care for the communities we serve,' is not just a statement; it's a promise we live by every day. Guided by our core Values - Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, and Trusted - we're determined to make a real difference in the lives of those who matter most: our patients and their families.

If you're ready to be part of a team that's dedicated to continuous improvement, come join us and let's make a difference together!