Job description

Job responsibilities

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All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed.

Please note: This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship. In line with the UK Immigration Rules and Home Office Sponsorship Guidance, employers may only sponsor individuals for roles that meet strict eligibility, salary, and compliance requirements. Where a role does not meet these criteria, organisations are prohibited from assigning a Certificate of Sponsorship. Applicants must therefore already hold a valid immigration status and ongoing right to work in the UK in order to be considered.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree standard of education in business or clinical nursing/theatre practitioner qualification

Desirable

• MCIPS full by qualification or other relevant professional qualification or commercial experience
• PRINCE 2 Foundation

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced knowledge of contracts, procurement legislation and purchasing procedures
• Experience of working in a clinical setting or equivalent specialist knowledge of clinical products
• Advanced knowledge of procurement statistical analysis, option modelling and benefit realisation
• Proven track record in innovation with an ability to inspire
• Demonstrable experience of influencing people and leading change projects

Skills

Essential

• Calm influencing and persuasive skills in negotiating both internally and externally
• Good presentation skills
• Good organisational skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Good working knowledge of Integra eSeries and / or a similar finance and procurement systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Maidstone Hospital

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9QQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Understand the impact that service failures can have on care and those delivering it
• Treat all co-workers with respect and value differences and diversity
• Communicating with both internal and external personnel up to board/executive level.
• Uses influence & persuasion skills to secure agreement/co-operation.
• Communicate highly complex technical information, tailoring the approach to suit the audience.
• Identify priorities for system design, development and operation.
• Work effectively with stakeholders to ensure programme delivery and benefits realisation.
• Establish effective communication within and between teams, reinforced by timely and professional documentation.
• Hold 1 to 1 meetings with Technician to discuss Wellbeing and workload.
• Hold Specialist Team meeting to discuss workloads.
• Ensure effective scheduling and deployment of resources.
• Plan non-BAU activities such as project work effectively.
• Take responsibility for delivering services to contractual SLAs
• Full UK Driving license is mandatory,

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Educated to a minimum of degree level or relevant equivalent experience
• To have or be working towards a relevant technical certification e.g. Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate or legacy equivalent
• CompTIA A+ certified
• Management and Leadership certification or 2+ years in a IT Management or leadership role.

Desirable

• To have or be working towards IT Infrastructure Library v4 (ITIL) Foundation certification
• Certifications in Network or Server technologies such as CompTIA Network+ or Windows Server certification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Detailed technical knowledge of current Microsoft operating systems
• Detailed knowledge of computing hardware and the end user computing environment
• Proven experience in line managing and developing technical personnel
• Substantial, proven, relevant experience working within a Desktop environment
• Excellent logical and diagnostic skills

Desirable

• Sound working knowledge of networking and server technologies relevant to the end user computing environment
• Substantial experience of working in a healthcare IT environment

Specific Skills

Essential

• Excellent organisational ability and good interpersonal and motivational skills
• Presentation skills
• Analytical approach

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Regent House

Regent Close

Torquay

TQ2 7AN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To independently manage a caseload of in-patients with complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice.

To be responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy service alongside SLT colleagues.

To be responsible for ensuring patients safety regarding eating and drinking by assessing, monitoring and updating, and communicating details of safe practice to the patient, medical and ward staff, and carers, ensuring that

recommendations are clearly documented

To provide appropriate specialist stroke intervention and evaluate outcomes

To make judgements about when to refer patients for instrumental swallowexamination considering the risks and benefits of the procedure.

To prioritise and decide on appropriate highly specialised treatment programme , matched to individual patient need and

to adapt and modify management options based on extended and developing clinical expertise whilst ensuring patient/carers/multi-disciplinary team are fully involved in the decision-making process

To assess the need for alternative and augmentative means of communication

To identify where high -tech electronic communication systems are required to meet patient need and to liaise with AAC specialist SLT.

To use highly developed communication and counselling skills such as reflective listening, open questioning, empathy, and reassurance when explaining highly complex and sensitive information to the full range of levels in understanding of patients and carers, where anxiety frequently acts as a

barrier and co-operation is not guaranteed

To demonstrate empathy and reassurance when providing patients and carers with unwelcome information that has long-term implications for lifestyle and employment e.g. when communication skills will not be recovered and/or oral

feeding is no longer an option. To provide counselling and support before onward referral for more formal consultations if judged necessary

To monitor, recognise, assess and evaluate subtle changes in patients conditions and adapt assessment and treatment programmes accordingly based on extended clinical experience, including in palliative care

To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge with regards to adults with communication and/or swallowing disorders

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• oDegree or equivalent in speech and language therapy
• oHCPC Registration
• oRCSLT Registration
• oPost-graduate qualification in dysphagia management or sign off of all dysphagia competencies at foundation level
• oEvidence of on-going education and professional development in the area of stroke neuro-rehabilitation

Desirable

• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Network
• Advanced Clinical Educator

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of aphasia and dysarthria assessment, diagnosis and management
• Experience of working with stroke patients in the hospital setting.
• Experience of the assessment, diagnosis and management of clients with cognitive communication disorder
• Additional experience in other fields of adult SLT
• Supervision of SLT assistants, rehab support workers and less experienced therapists.
• Can demonstrate an understanding of multi disciplinary team working and individual roles
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate complex information to meet a range of differing levels of understanding
• Ability to negotiate and explain complex case related information about speech & language development and disorders to a range of audiences
• Independent clinical management of complex caseload with access to regular support from senior staff
• Able to undertake and adapt a wide range of formal and informal assessments to meet patient needs based on extended clinical experience beyond graduate level.
• Able to identify, collect, analyse, and interpret complex case related information
• Able to make a differential diagnosis on the basis of assimilated evidence from assessments - some of which may be conflicting
• Commitment to evidence based practice
• Able to recognise own clinical competencies and the need for onward referral for more specialist advice
• Ability to reflect on practice to identify own strengths and development needs
• Able to demonstrate effective team working
• Highly developed IT skills
• Extended post graduate experience in adult neurological rehabilitation
• Autonomous practitioner with experience of managing a caseload
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team in an acute setting
• Experience of delivering in- service training programmes at a post graduate level
• Experience in facilitating group therapy
• Experience of working with dysphagia at post basic level
• Evidence of CPD to maintain and develop competencies and knowledge base e.g. working with more specialist staff, CENs (RCSLT registered), and short specialist courses, self- directed study
• Experience of working with terminally ill patients

Desirable

• Experience of prioritisation
• Leadership qualities
• Innovative
• Able to implement and adapt specialised treatment programmes from a range of options based on extended clinical experience
• Knowledge and experience of clinical governance
• Experience of prioritisation
• Experience of working with staff from other agencies
• Experienced clinical educator of students
• Experience of audit projects
• Experience of teaching

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Templer ward

Newton Abbot Community Hospital

Newton Abbot

TQ12 2TS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Admin

Essential

• Coordinate and manage outpatient appointments in line with Trust policies and national waiting time standards
• Demonstrate excellent administrative skills with experience using patient administration systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with patients, clinicians, GPs, and multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable

• Previous experience with SOEL
• Previous experience with NHS Mail
• Previous dental practice experience

admin skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise workload, work independently, and manage competing demands within a busy outpatient environment.
• Provide a professional and compassionate service when dealing with patient enquiries, concerns, and complex scheduling issues.

Desirable

• English and Maths GCSE

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Acton Health Centre

35-61

Acton

W3 8QE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Review referrals to the service daily in liaison with Consultants.
• Assist in clinics as necessary, seeing both new and follow-up patients.
• Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Ward rounds.
• Continuing professional development.
• Providing support during periods of absence of Consultants.
• Maintain good communication with all consultants and the multidisciplinary team.
• Work with FY1 and FY2 in the treatment of patients admitted, undertake and supervise medical procedures as requested.
• Ensure good communication with GPs and other agencies such as Palliative Care services.
• Participation in teaching and training activities for medical and other clinical staff.
• Teaching of junior medical staff, medical students and nurses will be expected.
• The Trust encourages proposals for research projects.

Any other duties appropriate to the grade. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB ChB or equivalent.
• Full registration with GMC
• ALS or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher Medical Qualification.
• Prizes or honours in MBBS or equivalent.
• Evidence of further study.
• MD or Phd

Experience

Essential

• Experience at registrar level (or equivalent) in General and / Respiratory Medicine.
• Able to carry out ALS and defibrillation to a standard that accords with UK Resus Council guidelines.

Desirable

• Able to do bronchoscopy independently or with limited supervision.
• Publications or evidence of completed research or audit activity.

Job Specific Skills

Essential

• Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a team.
• Evidence of personal initiative and organisational abilities.
• Ability to keep good clinical records.

Knowledge

Essential

• Commitment to CPD.

Additional

Essential

• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

Wigan Lane

Wigan

WN1 2NN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)