London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Acute
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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is passionate about clinical excellence, innovation and professional development. Whether you are looking to consolidate specialist dysphagia skills or develop advanced competencies, you will be supported by experienced clinicians committed to helping you achieve your career goals.
What Makes Us Different?
- Access to a wide range of specialist dysphagia assessment and rehabilitation approaches, including Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies (VFSS) and FEES.
- Opportunity to develop skills in Cough Reflex Testing (CRT), an area in which our service has been a national leader for many years.
- Involvement in innovative dysphagia rehabilitation, including our developing Phagenyx pathway.
- Opportunities to deliver and develop Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) and other evidence-based rehabilitation interventions.
- Opportunities to learn from and collaborate with specialist colleagues across SLT Head & Neck Cancer, Stroke, Critical Care, Acute Medicine and Community Services, providing a rich and varied clinical experience.
- A strong culture of supervision, mentorship and peer support, with regular opportunities for joint working and shared learning.
- Support to pursue specialist competencies, quality improvement, research, service development and leadership opportunities.
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Role Description
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy acute hospital environment, supporting adults with complex communication and swallowing difficulties arising from a wide range of medical, respiratory, neurological and critical care conditions. You will manage a specialist caseload, providing assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based intervention for patients with dysphagia, communication impairments and tracheostomy-related needs.
Working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across acute medicine and surgery, respiratory medicine, critical care, surgery, care of the elderly and our neuro outliers’ services, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and supporting safe discharge planning.
About the Trust
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
Our Major Acute Services
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
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Recruitment Information
"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)."
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Natalie Griffin
- Job Title: Principal Speech and Language Therapist
- Email Address: nataliegriffin@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0208 869 2410
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