Band 7 Clinical Lead Stroke Ward Speech

12 month fixed term contract

Stepping Hill Hospital is one of three Primary Stroke Centres across Greater Manchester, boasting a hyper acute stroke unit (HASU), thrombolysis service and a team of specialist staff. The service boasts frequent access to both a video-fluoroscopy and FEES clinic. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, innovative, experienced Speech and Language Therapist to fill a maternity leave funded post as part of the Integrated Therapy Team.

The post holder will work as part of a very supportive multidisciplinary team delivering a service on our hyper acute, acute and rehabilitation stroke wards. We also work collaboratively with the Nutrition MDT for holistic management of patients.

You will receive supervision with a senior Speech and Language Therapist. You will also be responsible for supervising junior Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy Assistants. There will be opportunity to contribute towards and receive regular in-service training as well as other CPD opportunities.
- To provide a safe, effective and consistently high quality Speech and Language Therapy service at Stockport Foundation Trust.
- To act as a clinical expert and autonomous practitioner in specialist clinical area to provide highly specialist care to Speech and Language Therapy patients with complex swallowing and communication needs. Manage a delegated caseload within specialist area. To assess, plan and implement patient centred, evidence-based interventions.
- To provide evidence-based care, education and information to patients, carers and health care professionals in an in-patient setting.
- Provide line management and supervision to Band 6 and Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists. Contribute to the training and development of Speech and Language Therapy students and Speech and Language Therapy assistants.
- To lead and develop the stroke Speech and Language Therapy service.
- To support the Speech and Language Therapy Team Lead and Nutrition and Dietetic Service Lead with operational and strategic planning, deputising, as required.
- The work is based at Stepping Hill Hospital on the hyper-acute, acute and rehabilitation stroke wards and includes weekend working on a rota as required.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice
- To be the named SLT lead for stroke speech and language therapy service and devise and implement appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways associated with this area.
- Provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to the stroke wards using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, implement and evaluate interventions.
- To perform advanced therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations including head and neck cancer and complex communication and swallowing problems. This includes instrumental assessment such as FEES and videofluoroscopy, providing a diagnosis and developing and delivering an individualised treatment programme.
- Act as an independent practitioner and be professionally accountable and responsible for aspects of own work. Decide priorities for own work, balance patient related and professional demands in consultation with other Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Leads and Service Lead.
- To be responsible for planning and service development within specialist area.
- To identify service needs and maximise the efficiency of the team within the resource available.
- To work alongside Service Lead and Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Leads to integrate service and pathways and implement any changes within the team.
- To provide line management for specialist team including recruitment and selection, induction, monitoring sickness and absence, performance and development reviews, one to one meetings and clinical supervision.
- To be a source of clinical expertise for the team providing s