Radiology Department Assistant

Job overview

We are seeking a band 7 Speech & Language Therapist to cover a 10 month fixed term maternity vacancy with the CCU Team at our Denmark Hill. This includes developing the service into Major Trauma/Surgery/Liver as determined by service need and staffing.

The Critical Care Speech and Language Therapy team works closely with SLTs on all King’s sites and the wider multidisciplinary teams, with whom they are co-located. Led by the Head of Speech & Language Therapy and Band 8a Clinical Lead. The service offers an established supervision system, including action learning groups, plus a range of opportunities for learning and participation in both self and service development. The Speech & Language Therapy department (based within Therapies) has over 50 staff providing inpatient and outpatient services across a wide and diverse range of specialities on our 3 main sites of Denmark Hill, Princess Royal University Hospital and Orpington Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The Speech and Language Therapy post is a team lead across the Critical Care units on the King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill site. The post holder will provide a highly specialist service to adults who have communication and/or swallowing disorders including those on ventilators and with tracheostomies in situ.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.