Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
There is an opportunity fora highly specialist Full Time Speech and Language Therapistwithin the Milton Keynes Adult SLT team. You will be working in our busy team of Acute Speech and Language Therapists in Milton Keynes University Hospital, and also undertaking a crucial role in leading on training and supporting service development.
We aim to meet the needs of the service while recognising that therapists may benefit from a broad range of experience, and therefore there will also be opportunities to work in all clinical areas within Milton Keynes Hospital and closely with colleagues in the community SLT team.
To work as a highly specialist member of an acute SLT team across the acute inpatient population as demand requires
Acts as lead clinician within the SLT service by identifying, implementing, and monitoring service development, working closely with the team leads and service manager
Provides highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and appropriate speech & language therapy for adults with a range of highly complex eating, drinking, swallowing and communication difficulties.
We are a friendly, supportive, and innovative team of therapists, and an associate practitioner, who are passionate about delivering high quality speech and language therapy where and when it is most required. We are lucky to be able to work within a variety of multidisciplinary teams, and also maintain close links as a Speech and Language Therapy team.
We will offer- Regular supervision and clinical discussion forums
- Internal/external training as appropriate to role
- Annual appraisal with personal development plans
- Access to excellent administrative support
- To assess, diagnose, treat and manage independently a highly complex and diverse dysphagia caseload, using instrumental measures (videofluoroscopy, FEES, sEMG) where appropriate, undertaking training in these where necessary.
- To assess, diagnose, treat and manage independently a complex and diverse caseload of people with speech, language and communication difficulties
- To work as an influential and effective member of the Speech and Language Therapy team.
- To participate in inter-disciplinary assessment of clients’ and carer’s needs and priorities.
- To provide information and highly specialist advice to clients, carers and professionals.
- To ensure clients are involved in the planning and prioritization of their care plans across the service.
- To participate in multi-disciplinary planning of intervention / management to meet client’s identified goals.
- To provide highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
- To write reports reflecting highly specialist knowledge.
- To negotiate with other professionals, families and carers around case management in complex cases.
- To adapt practice to meet individual clients’ circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
- To use and promote the use of evidence based practice across the S< Service.
- To deal skillfully with complex issues and generate appropriate strategies for caseload management of self and others.
- To provide second opinions on request for complex clinical cases across the adult SLT service.
- To provide appropriate support and supervision to other therapists across the adult SLT service.
- To monitor and lead on the training and supervision of other SLTs who are developing their skills in working with dysphagia at all levels, ensuring that there are suitable training and competency checking procedures in place.
- To ensure new national and professional clinical guidance relevant to the work with the client group and clinical specialism are evaluated and identified actions implemented.
- To undertake and promote the evaluation of new research, evidence and equipment that relates to the specialism.
- To develop care protocols / packages relating to client group / specialism.
- To participate in and ensure the development, marketing and delivery of training programmes that enhance the knowledge and skills of clients, carers and other professionals.
- To provide specialist training and presentations in areas of clinical expertise to other professionals.
- To ensure the service provides an equitable, timely and comprehensive range of interventions.
- To participate in and ensure the development of high quality and accessible information for service users.
- To provide service related information and specialist clinical advice on request from Managers and relevant external agencies.
- To engage in regular supervision and undertake an annual appraisal.
- To write and update policies and protocols for the client group in line with current evidence.
- To advise Line Manager on issues of service delivery including shortfall and service pressures.
- To assume delegated tasks including participation in working groups and policy development groups within the SLT service and the Hospital
- To monitor service delivery to the client group / specialism in range of acute localities and report to Line Manager.
- To monitor stock levels of equipment and request new equipment from Line Manager as appropriate.
- To oversee the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to clients.
- To identify training needs of team members in relation to the client group / specialism.
- To carry out appraisals as required.
- To gather, provide and when necessary analyse activity data accurately and regularly.
This advert closes on Thursday 23 Jan 2025