Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Job overview
This is a Band 6, Speech and Language Therapy clinical role within the Merton Community Team (37.5 hours per week). This opportunity is for 12 months from start date and can be either a fixed term contract or as a secondment.
The post holder will provide a specialist clinical speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis, and treatment service as part of the Merton Community Neuro Rehab / Community SLT Team on a virtual and / or domiciliary basis across Merton.
The service includes clients with a wide range of acquired communication and swallowing difficulties, such as stroke and head injury, and those who have a degenerative condition and need support to manage disability and quality of life. The service also provides input for clients who have cognitive-communication and vocational rehabilitation needs.
The post holder will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary neuro rehab team, in addition to the wider speech and language therapy team across CLCH, acting as a resource to other medical, nursing, therapy, and social services staff and voluntary agencies and as an interface link for Speech and Language Therapy with acute providers.
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The post holder will undertake teaching and research in relevant specialist areas for a wide range of other professionals, as appropriate.
The post holder will support self and service development through active participation in continuing professional development and by participating in any audit or research being undertaken by the service.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a specialist speech and language therapy clinical role within the neuro team.
- Co-develop and provide appropriate specialist speech and language therapy assessments and interventions.
- Facilitate group work and peer mentoring for people affected by a neurological condition, alongside the MDT.
- Carry out specialist physical examination of the orofacial process including the mechanism of eating, drinking, and swallowing.
- Monitor all aspects of the interaction of significant others with clients.
- Make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment, using evidence-based practice and outcome measurement to provide the most effective treatment to clients and their families within clearly defined care plans.
- Use clinical judgement and specialist skills to evaluate deterioration in clients’ health status and report same as appropriate to other health services (in particular, regarding dysphagia).
- Adapt practice to meet individual client's and families' circumstances, including due regard for specific clinical conditions affecting their speech and language and / or cognitive, cultural, religious, and linguistic differences.
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