Senior Speech and Language Therapist
Senior Speech and Language Therapist
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Band 6: 38682 - 46580
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Permanent contract
We are looking for motivated and experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join our dynamic and supportive teams.
We have posts in the following areas:
Acute this offers huge variety and the opportunity to work across a wide range of ward specialities including the Acute Medical Wards Intensive Care Respiratory High Care ED and Acute Admissions Units Older Persons Medicine and General Surgery.
Neuro - this role will offer the opportunity to work across a range of areas within the Neuro specialism including Acute Stroke Rehabilitation and the Community Stroke Rehabilitation team
You will be supported by highly experienced therapists who will help you to develop the required skills and competence for the area that you will be working in and support with nurturing and growing your career in the direction you aspire to.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team you will deliver high-quality patient-centred care to adults with a wide range of medical conditions. You will also play an active role in clinical supervision service development education and quality improvement initiatives.
If you are a confident and reflective clinician with a strong foundation in adult care and a passion for collaborative evidence-based practice then we would love to hear from you.
Please specific which post you are applying for in your application.
Pre-arranged visits to the department are welcomed and encouraged prior to application or interview. For further information on how to arrange this please contact our Admin Team on .
Job Summary
- Static senior Speech and Language Therapist in either acute or Neuro setting (separate Job Descriptions provide additional information).
- To perform advanced assessment of patients with a diverse range of presentations. To provide clinical reasoning and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
- To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service working without direct supervision. Supervision will take the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions peer review and case conferences. Access to advice and support from a senior speech and language therapist available if required.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- Participate in CPD and other departmental activities.
- Supervise newly qualified staff associate practitioners technicians and students. Take responsibility for students - supervise educate and assess the performance of speech and language therapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with Universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
- Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams practice within department. Make recommendations to clinical or pathway lead of service for changes to practice that could be made. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.
For additional information please see attached Job description
Qualifications :
- HCPC Registration
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Registered member RCSLT
- Signed off RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework Level C or equivalent post-graduate RCSLT accredited dysphagia course
Experience
- A minimum of 12 months working in an acute setting including working with adults with a broad range of acute communication and swallowing impairments/disorders
- Evidence of integrated working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience working as an autonomous practitioner
- Evidence of student or assistant supervision
- Evidence of CPD documented
Skills and Knowledge
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
- Effective analytical and reflective skills
- Sensitivity to a broad range of patients
- Supportive interpersonal skills including observation listening and empathy skills
- Ability to organise prioritise and delegate
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities
- Effective written and oral communication including the ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- Ability to recognise when to seek advice
- Competent IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Understand clinical governance and its implications for services. Include experience of quality issues and audit
- Numerate
- Literate in English
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients and carers
Additional Information :
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
