About this role
Job summary
TWO EXCITING BAND 6 SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (Band 6) Full Time | Permanent
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapists to join our well-established Adult Acute SLT service. You will become part of a supportive team of 29.2 WTE SLTs and 1.5 WTE SLT Assistants, delivering high-quality care across one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals.
We are recruiting to two specialist Band 6 roles based at St Thomas' Hospital:
Post 1: Adult Acute Medicine and Surgery: providing assessment and management of adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders across inpatient medical and surgical wards.
Post 2: Adult Acute Stroke: working within the multidisciplinary stroke team to assess and manage communication and swallowing disorders on the Stroke Unit.
Suitable applicants will have post-graduate experience managing adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders and be confident working independently within a multidisciplinary environment. Teaching and service development form an important part of both roles.
Join us to help provide outstanding patient-centred care within a dynamic and forward-thinking SLT service.
We encourage applicants to get in touch to find out more about the roles before applying. Please indicate within your supporting statement which post you are applying for; you are welcome to apply for both roles.
Main duties of the job
To take clinical responsibility as an autonomous specialist for the provision of a high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service to adult inpatients on the acute medical and surgical wards (post 1) or on the Stroke Unit (post 2).
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About us
There is a strong ethos of clinical support, supervision and development within the team. The service is able to offer you excellent supervision and peer support, with an emphasis on team working. Quality improvement projects and research ideas are strongly encouraged, both within SLT and in the multi-professional teams. We have regular team meetings, plus opportunities for continuing professional development through in-house training, clinical excellence networks and external courses.
Job description Job responsibilities
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To provide independent clinical management of acute inpatients requiring assessment and rehabilitation of complex communication and swallowing disorders, with the aim of restoring optimum function or offering compensatory strategies. This will include assessing the patients needs for alternative/augmentative communication where appropriate.
2. To regularly participate in videofluoroscopic examinations of swallow, analyse and report findings to the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) regarding implications for management and design specialised therapeutic programmes of care.
3. To be a Specialist Speech and Language Therapy resource for members of the MDT in the management of communication/swallowing disorders.
4. As a core member of the MDT, to participate in team meetings, ward rounds and family meetings. Where appropriate to propose and assist in the implementation of policy/service development.
5. To develop training programmes relevant to communication/swallowing disorders and deliver these aspects in the on-going training programme for the members of the MDT.
6. To train staff and carers to facilitate the communication and swallowing skills of the patient including the use of alternative and augmentative communication.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications Essential
Diploma/Degree leading to RCSLT licence to practice Registered member of HCPC Evidence of CPD to Specialist level
Desirable
Membership/regular attendance of CEN
Previous Experience Essential
Experience of working with adults with acquired disorders in an acute hospital and/or rehabilitation/community setting including independent management of dysphagia (POST 1) OR Experience of working with adults with acquired neurological disorders, in acute and/or rehabilitation/community settings, including working at a specialist level with stroke care and independent management of dysphagia (POST 2) Experience of working as an integrated member of a multi-disciplinary team Experience of multi-disciplinary goal planning and using outcome measures Participation in clinical governance activities (audit, quality improvement)
Desirable
Experience of working on Acute inpatient wards Experience of working in neuro rehabilitation Experience of working with assistants, junior colleagues and/or volunteers
Skills Essential
Evidence of development and delivery of training to other professionals Experience of performing and evaluating videofluoroscopy Supervision and teaching of SLT students Good, reliable team worker and also able to work effectively on own initiative
Desirable
Exposure to/experience with FEES
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.
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Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address St Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road, London
London
SE17EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)