Speech & Language Therapist - Adults, Camden Community

Job summary

Anexciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly SpecialistSpeech and Language Therapist within the Camden Neurology and Stroke Service. The post is a 1.0 WTE (full time) community post with the base at St Pancras Hospital which is part of CNWL.

Main duties of the job

You willbe responsible for:

• delivering high quality and effective Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions against a framework of national and local best practice guidelines;
• supporting and supervising other SLTs, Rehabilitation Assistants, and students within the team;
• leading service development and quality improvement projects;
• deputisingfor and supporting the Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist as needed.

About us

The Camden Neurology and Stroke Service aims to:

• prioritise evidence-basedways ofdelivering our service;
• provide ahigh quality service for all patients;
• support and nurture colleagues and team-members;
• challenge and continually improve our own practice in line with local and national strategic drivers for change.

The team includes Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Neuropsychologists and Rehabilitation Assistants. Team members work in an inter-disciplinary way to provide client-centred, goal-focused therapy to patients in the community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, effective, highly specialist speech and language therapy service to people with a diverse range of diagnoses presenting with communication and/or swallowing difficulties living in the community in Camden.

Please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification
• Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Successful completion of advanced practitioner post- graduate study relevant to field (e.g. dysphagia, counselling, leadership, aphasia)
• Successful completion of highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to field (e.g. training the trainer, clinical governance, progressive neurological disorders, AAC, palliative care)
• Membership of, and active participation in, relevant Clinical Excellence Networks, e.g. CEN Community, CEN Counselling
• Supervision and appraisal methods
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience

Essential

• Of working at a specialist level with people with neurological disorder
• Delivering specialist training to a range of audiences
• Working in multidisciplinary/multiagency teams
• Working in the community
• Supervision of students/support workers

Desirable

• Carrying out evidence based audit and research projects

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Communicate complex, sensitive information
• Interpret a range of assessments relevant to the clinical field, including instrumental assessment of swallowing function, phonemic transcription, and formal language tests.
• Critically evaluate published research within a specific area of clinical expertise
• Skills in delivering presentations and training , including basic adaptations to presentation / training style for a range of audiences
• Working in teams

Knowledge

Essential

• Of a highly specialist range of assessment tools and procedures to evaluate communication and swallowing difficulties in people with neurological disorders
• Of the key characteristics leading to a highly specialist differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties in people with neurological disorders
• Of selecting, setting & evaluating highly specialist treatment goals
• Of a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to people with neurological disorders demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
• The application of highly specialist knowledge of local cultural, linguistic & demographic factors to the management of a caseload of people with neurological disorders and their carers
• Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches to patient care
• Of approaches to mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and support staff and students in training
• Basic qualitative & quantitative approaches to audit and research
• Good understanding of clinical governance principles
• Development and implementation of short term clinically based projects
• Approaches to support patients & carers with challenging behaviour, mental health needs or in high levels of distress

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to reflect on practice
• Flexibility

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Pancras Hospital

London

NW1 0PE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)