Description
We are seeking 2.0 WTE Adult SLT Band 5 Rotational Posts, suitable for both current Band 5's and NQPs. The Ealing Community Partners, Adult Speech and Language Therapy Team, require enthusiastic Band 5 Therapists to join our friendly and supportive team.
The rotational posts will be located within the Community SLT service and the Inpatient SLT service at Clayponds Hospital. Clayponds Hospital is a 70 bedded rehabilitation hospital with 3 pathways of care: admission avoidance; elderly rehabilitation & Neuro/Stroke level 3 rehabilitation unit.
Main Duties of the Job
- Use specialist clinical skills to manage a caseload of adults with communication and/or swallowing difficulties.
- Provide specialist assessment of communication and swallowing problems, formulate a hypothesis, and develop and implement appropriate interventions.
- Write comprehensive reports that are accessible to a range of professionals.
- Develop clear care plans, advice, and information, based on best practice.
- Ensure patients and/or carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans.
- Provide advice and training to other professionals, carers, and relatives.
- Work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of other professionals.
About Us
- Excellent support and supervision structure, including a Trust, SLT Lead.
- Excellent professional development and ongoing training opportunities.
- Interesting, manageable, caseload and waiting list.
- Access to Talking Mats training.
- Access to a department budget for resources and equipment.
- Opportunity to participate in innovative new work models.
- Fast, effective, IT and technology.
- Excellent MDT working opportunities.
- Good links to the Acute environment and access to timely VF.
- Work from a purpose-built location with free staff parking.
- Opportunity to negotiate your work hours.
Person Specification
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice.
- Good presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders.
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to communication and dysphagia.