Highly Specialised Neonatal Speech & Language Therapist inPeterborough inPeterborough PUBLISHED
WED 8 JAN 2025
In addition to clinical responsibilities, this position offers leadership opportunities, including service improvement and audit processes. The therapist will play a key role in training and developing staff, managing complex clinical situations, and promoting innovative practices within the team. Candidates should be passionate about making a difference in neonatal care and possess a high level of expertise in speech and language therapy.
Exciting Opportunity: Join Our Expanding Neonatal Services Team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust!
We are looking for passionate, driven and experienced Speech and Language Therapists to become part of our dynamic and ever-growing team.
Join us at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, where we foster a supportive and friendly work environment dedicated to delivering exceptional care.
In your role, you will be at the heart of providing specialist support to infants and families through the Family Integrated Care model. You will assess, diagnose, and manage early communication and feeding challenges in newborns affected by prematurity or medical conditions, making a lasting difference in their lives.
You will work alongside a diverse, multidisciplinary team including Neonatal Consultants, Nurses, Infant Feeding Teams, AHPs, Psychologists, to deliver evidence-based care and support, ensuring the best outcomes for our neonatal patients.
This role offers you the opportunity to take on an exciting leadership position that combines both operational and clinical responsibilities. You will play a critical role in to service improvement and audit processes.
If you are driven by the desire to make a real impact and are ready to take on a leadership role in a forward-thinking, evolving team, we would love to hear from you!
For further information, please contact Katie Barke, Ward Manager Neonatal Intensive Care at
The ten key duties essential for delivering a high standard of healthcare through judgment, skills, and knowledge for enhanced practice include:
1 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 clinical judgement 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 external agencies.
5. Develop, deliver and evaluate education and training opportunities for others within own scope of practice.
6. Communicate effectively in challenging environments and situations with patients, their families/carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
7. Promote and encourage innovative clinical practice to support a culture of excellence 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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