Speech and Language Therapist Voice Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the GHC Voice Service for an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist with leadership experience and advanced clinical skills in voice management.

A Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the Adult Physical Health Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will provide expert assessment, diagnosis and management for adults with communication, voice and swallowing disorders, including patients referred through ENT and other specialist pathways. Working closely with ENT Consultants at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will deliver joint Voice Clinics and provide specialist voice and dysphagia intervention as part of a multidisciplinary team.

We are seeking a dynamic clinician to lead and develop our Voice Service, which includes individual appointments, specialist voice clinics and voice therapy groups. You will manage complex cases, provide specialist advice and support to colleagues, and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Joining our friendly and supportive team, you will be encouraged to lead innovation and service improvements whilst accessing regular peer supervision, CPD opportunities and team meetings.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician who is passionate about voice services, leadership and delivering outstanding patient outcomes while helping shape the future of specialist voice services across Gloucestershire.

       To independently manage a highly specialist and complex caseload.  This will involve screening, in depth assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and review of adults with acute, chronic and complex acquired disorders of swallowing, voice and communication.

       To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to competency levels of other therapists.

       Collaborate with the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide targeted management and rehabilitation for patients.

       To supervise SLT assistants, newly qualified and experienced SLTs.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

                 To provide specialist SLT assessment, diagnosis and intervention to adults and young adults (aged 16-18) with difficulties relating to ENT disorders. 

                 To work collaboratively with colleagues in the primary, secondary and tertiary services who are involved with care for patients on the caseload ensuring a seamless, high quality service. 

                 To provide second opinions for other colleagues in specialist area. 

                 To work as a member of the SLT team for adults with acquired difficulties of communication voice and / or swallowing, providing supervision to other SLTs.

                 Responsible and accountable for the management of own highly specialist clinical caseload of patients with complex communication, voice and/or swallowing difficulties.  This will necessitate prioritisation of a risk assessed caseload.

                 To utilise evidence-based knowledge within specialist clinical area through experience and academic study to a post graduate level.

                 To evaluate and make management and discharge decisions with a high level of competence.

                 To record and interpret personally generated clinical observations and provide feedback for clients/carers/professionals and relevant others at a highly specialist level

                 To provide highly specialist differential diagnosis, second opinions, clinical advice and care plans/therapy to clients with communication, voice and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.  This includes analysis of facts and a comparison of a range of options for appropriate intervention, implementing specialist programmes where appropriate.

                 To monitor and evaluate clinical effectiveness using provided support, evidence based practice and outcome measures.

                 To undertake, analyse and interpret specialist assessments (Tracheostomy and/or Videofluoroscopy and/or FEES and /or Voice Clinic images based on competencies).

The Trust is required to work in line with the Government's UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas 

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment.  If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application.