Highly Specialised Neonatal Speech & Language Therapist inPeterborough inPeterborough PUBLISHED 18 DEC 2023

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata  PERMANENT 

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information relating to this role.

Following further investment we are looking for new team members to join our growing and developing Neonatal Services at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. We are a friendly & supportive team with bases at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital Huntingdon.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering of specialist speech and language therapy support within the model of Family Integrated Care to infants and families on the neonatal units at Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke.

The role involves the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of early communication and feeding challenges associated with prematurity and health conditions of babies admitted to the neonatal unit.

The post holder will work as an integral member of the neonatal multidisciplinary team, working closely alongside Neonatal Consultants and Nursing Teams, Infant Feeding Team, AHP and Psychology Team (local and ODN), and families to provide evidence based care.

This is a key operational and clinical leadership role requiring exceptional role modelling behaviours, up to date knowledge of the evidence base, effective use of audit and service improvement for their specialist pathway.

The ten occupational duties that are required to provide a high standard of health care using judgement, skills and knowledge for enhanced practice are:

1. Be an accountable professional acting in the best interests of people,putting them first and providing complex clinical care that is evidence based, person-centred, safe and compassionate.

2. Use existing knowledge and expertise and enhanced levels of clinicaljudgement to independently undertake complex and holistic assessments

3. Act independently to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate complex care

using enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, and interventions.

4. Act as an expert resource within their own organisation and for externalagencies.

5. Develop, deliver and evaluate education and training opportunities forothers within own scope of practice.

6. Communicate effectively in challenging environments and situations withpatients, their families/carers and the multi-disciplinary team.

7. Promote and encourage innovative clinical practice to support a culture ofexcellence within the wider health and care team.

8. Lead and manage unpredictable and unplanned clinical situations.

9. Participate in resource management, strategic service development,planning and service improvement.

10. Lead, monitor, develop and appraise staff and learners.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information relating to this role.

Following further investment we are looking for new team members to join our growing and developing Neonatal Services at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. We are a friendly & supportive team with bases at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital Huntingdon.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering of specialist speech and language therapy support within the model of Family Integrated Care to infants and families on the neonatal units at Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke.

The role involves the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of early communication and feeding challenges associated with prematurity and health conditions of babies admitted to the neonatal unit.

The post holder will work as an integral member of the neonatal multidisciplinary team, working closely alongside Neonatal Consultants and Nursing Teams, Infant Feeding Team, AHP and Psychology Team (local and ODN), and families to provide evidence based care.

This is a key operational and clinical leadership role requiring exceptional role modelling behaviours, up to date knowledge of the evidence base, effective use of audit and service improvement for their specialist pathway.

The ten occupational duties that are required to provide a high standard of health care using judgement, skills and knowledge for enhanced practice are:

1. Be an accountable professional acting in the best interests of people,putting them first and providing complex clinical care that is evidence based, person-centred, safe and compassionate.

2. Use existing knowledge and expertise and enhanced levels of clinicaljudgement to independently undertake complex and holistic assessments

3. Act independently to plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate complex care

using enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, and interventions.

4. Act as an expert resource within their own organisation and for externalagencies.

5. Develop, deliver and evaluate education and training opportunities forothers within own scope of practice.

6. Communicate effectively in challenging environments and situations withpatients, their families/carers and the multi-disciplinary team.

7. Promote and encourage innovative clinical practice to support a culture ofexcellence within the wider health and care team.

8. Lead and manage unpredictable and unplanned clinical situations.

9. Participate in resource management, strategic service development,planning and service improvement.

10. Lead, monitor, develop and appraise staff and learners.



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