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Senior Speech and Language Therapist

2 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Senior Speech and Language Therapist to lead our Upper Airway Service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of high-quality patient care, managing a team of therapists, and contributing to the development of clinical standards and policy.

Key Responsibilities
  • Leadership and Management
    • Manage a team of two upper airway speech and language therapists (Bands 5 and 6)
    • Lead the Upper Airway Service, ensuring exceptional service quality provision and highlighting areas for service development and change
    • Provide leadership and direction for senior managers, regarding operational management, future strategy, and need for service development
  • Patient Care
    • Be solely responsible for the operational management of the Upper Airway SLT service, with a strong multidisciplinary ethos, and ensure the highest level of clinical governance
    • Coordinate, develop, and evaluate all aspects of the Upper Airway SLT clinical service, including outpatient clinics, day case admissions for laryngoscopy, inpatient assessment, group therapy, and ensure all patients receive an appropriate form of treatment
    • Make expert clinical judgements on the need and suitability for laryngoscopy +/- provocation and perform laryngoscopies independently, seeking ENT and respiratory review appropriately via the Upper Airway MDT
    • Analyse and interpret laryngoscopic images with a high degree of detail, in order to personalise therapy to restore normal function where possible
    • Reflect on own clinical practice, providing evidence of advanced clinical judgement in order to lead the Upper Airway SLT service and improve patient outcomes
  • Consultation and Expertise
    • Act in a consultative role, nationally and internationally, to non-specialist and specialist upper airway health professionals, providing expert clinical advice and second opinions to ensure accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment
    • Act as an information resource in the field of upper airway for therapists locally, nationally, and internationally and supervise visiting clinicians/observers as appropriate
  • Policy and Service Development
    • Be solely responsible for the monitoring and interpretation of clinical activity and performance data, to ensure exceptional service quality provision and to highlight areas for service development and change
    • Independently evaluate all aspects of clinical team activity and performance and feed back to the Upper Airway Service Lead and General Manager of the Lung Division, reporting on issues of quality, risk, equity, activity, workforce, and service delivery
    • Provide leadership and direction for senior managers, regarding operational management, future strategy, and need for service development
    • Write robust business cases based on a justified need within the Upper Airway SLT service, to ensure the service remains financially stable and responsive to increased demand
    • Lead on patient safety and quality initiatives, including audit and service evaluation
    • Investigate, handle, and report on complaints and incidents in the Upper Airway Service
    • Develop strategies around clinical risk management in the Upper Airway Service
    • Sit on national advisory boards and participate in other working groups to influence the development of clinical standards and policy