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We have an exciting opportunity for someone already working within the Adult Speech & Language Therapy Department at University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust to join the respiratory and critical care pathway on a permanent, full time basis.
This role involves delivering specialist communication and dysphagia services to in patients across high-care Respiratory and Cardiology wards, the General Intensive Care Units at Bristol and Weston, and the Regional Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. If you are excited by the challenge of working in a fast paced environment, with patients who are highly complex and vulnerable, then this might be the job for you!
You will work with skilled Band 6 colleagues, Clinical Speciality Team Leads, and an SLT Assistant, while closely collaborating with the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Your responsibilities will include managing tracheostomised and ventilator-dependent patients and contributing to regular MDT teaching sessions.
A strong foundation in dysphagia and communication management, and acute inpatient experience is essential, plus a readiness to develop critical care and tracheostomy management competencies.
We are a dynamic team providing an excellent service to our patients and staff. You will be working within a team who enjoy a supportive and friendly working environment, where we encourage participation and learning from one another at all times and focus our efforts towards a patient centred service. You will work as part of the wider SLT Adult service which has Specialist SLTs within Stroke, Older People and Progressive Neurological disorders, Head & Neck, Oncology and Voice. The department has regular in –service training, peer and line management supervision and weekly Videofluoroscopy and in-patient FEES services.
You can find out more about S&L and the Adult Therapy team here:Therapies - UHBW Careers
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.