Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-motivated Band 7 Speech & Language Therapist, looking for a challenge, committed to their professional development and wishes to participate in the delivery of excellent patient focused care in a specialist Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation setting.
The Speech & Language Therapist will work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, to meet the needs of patients referred to Mildmay Hospital, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide highly specialist Speech & Language Therapist input (assessment, advice and treatment) to clients referred to the team
- Provide clinical leadership to SLT students, and any junior/senior SLT posts
- Undertake key worker duties
- Collect accurate statistical information and record accurate information on the therapy dependency sheets
- Utilise rehabilitation and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multicultural population in a range of disease specific therapeutic techniques, principles and guidelines
- Ensure that quality standards relating to Speech Therapy are continually monitored and improved
- Take an active role in developing in-service training programmes and the supervision and training of students as appropriate
- Keep abreast of evidence based and best practice
- Demonstrate ability to critically evaluate current research and apply it to practice
Requirements:
- Recognised Speech Therapy Degree
- Qualification or equivalent
- UK Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
- MSc qualification or working towards one
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Minimum of 6 years post registration experience which demonstrates the competencies to meet the role requirements outlined in the JD
- Evidence of management of highly complex cases including complex manual handling issues
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional and Personal Development including specialist short courses
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills, clinical reasoning, risk assessment and management skills
- Experience of developing and using relevant outcome measures
- Ability to provide clinical leadership to the team relating to their field of expertise
- Able to manage others through change
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds/ cultures