The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a highly specialist speech and language therapy service, involving the assessment, diagnosis and management of communication and feeding problems in children with communication and feeding/ swallowing difficulties related to their illness/ condition who may present with a wide range of co-existing aetiologies including neurological, cardiac and airway and, who may require a tracheostomy +/- ventilation. This will be on a variety of inpatient wards and in tertiary clinics, including videofluoroscopic swallow study clinic as a core part of the service. Providing education and delivering training will be core to the role. Line management and supervision will be provided by the Team Lead/ Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapists

The role requires specialist knowledge and skills in paediatric dysphagia, infant feeding, tracheostomy, videofluoroscopy, acquired communication disorders, and alternative and augmentative communication. On the wards you will share the care of patients to ensure equity and therefore good interpersonal and team-working skills are essential. You will also be required to work in some specialist outpatient clinics, deliver training and be involved in quality improvement projects. Your job may include cross-site working at the Royal Brompton Hospital as our two hospitals have integrated.

You will liaise frequently and provide advice to community speech and language therapists and other professionals and are expected to contribute to research, development and audit activities. Providing support and clinical supervision to students, more junior speech and language therapists and volunteers is an important part of the post. You will be required to contribute to formal and informal undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training to speech and language therapists and other professionals.

Evelina London Children’s Hospital is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital provides an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions across south London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and further afield . The Acute Speech and Language Therapy service supports patients across the age range from newborns to adolescents, on the wards and in specialist tertiary outpatient clinics. Our aim is to assess and manage the dysphagia and communication needs of the patients we work with. We are a large, diverse and supportive team, passionate about what we do. We promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, everyone is welcomed.

We can offer you:

• Varied and interesting work across multiple specialties
• A strategically lead service and a supportive team
• Regular access to supervision, line management and a continuing professional development programme.
• A laptop to ensure access to trust networks throughout your working day.
• Access to health and wellbeing support e.g. sports and social club, Cycle to Work scheme, employee assistance, staff psychology

Links with other Speech and Language Therapy services within Evelina London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust including: The Royal Brompton Hospital, The South Thames Cleft Service, Hearing Implant Service and Children’s Community Service

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification