Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to manage a complex SLT caseload independently, providing second opinions and advice for junior staff when required. They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be expected to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and colleagues, the voluntary sector and Social Services in regards to the planning and delivery of care.

Please view the attached job description for the full role and responsibilities.

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Putting patients first
• Responsive to patients and staff
• Open and honest
• Unfailingly kind
• Determined to develop

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist
• Current HCPC registration
• Current RCSLT registration
• Membership of Clinical Interest Group relevant to the post
• 2 years post graduate experience relevant to the post

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working within a Multidisciplinary Team
• Experience with service development and service evaluation
• Experience providing teaching and training for members of the MDT, patients, families etc.
• Experience using evidence based practice and outcome measures
• Experience providing complex specialist dysphagia assessment and management
• Experience providing complex specialist communication assessment and management

Desirable criteria

• Experience with Videofluoroscopy, with evidence of the relevant competencies
• Experience with tracheostomy weaning and management, with the relevant competencies

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of NHS policies relevant to SLT and the value of clinical governance
• Ability to work on autonomously and as part of a team
• Specialist assessment and management knowledge for adults with complex dysphagia
• Specialist assessment and management knowledge for adults with complex communication and / or voice impairment
• Ability to communicate effectively in a highly emotive clinical setting
• Ability to identify and assess clinical risk accordingly
• Highly effective written and verbal communication

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

• Awareness of professional and personal boundaries
• Able to maintain prolonged periods of concentration
• Ability to cope with stressful working situations, including aggressive patients / relatives

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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