Speech and Language Therapist

5 months ago

Bedford, United Kingdom Sanctuary Health Full time

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 600+ reviews have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced NHS Speech and Language Therapist to join a well-established Speech & Language Therapy team based Bedford.

**Specialism/Team**: Paediatrics

**Job Type & Hours**: Locum ongoing contract

**Pay Rate**:£31 per hour (assignment rate)

**Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel**:

- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped - T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years’ experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

**Main Duties**:

- To work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of professions across a variety of locations and agencies.
- To attend and report to case conferences/review meetings etc. for patients on the caseload with support as requested for situations where conflict management/negotiation may be required.
- To present and communicate complex condition related information in such a manner as to motivate and inform patients, carers, families, and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions, agreeing decision -making relevant to patient management.
- To use good interpersonal skills to listen well and counsel patients and carers, so providing support and empathy without prejudice.
- To establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff, which are characterised by open communication, trust, and respect.
- To attend and participate in professional meetings and other relevant meetings.
- To communicate effectively with patients with communication problems where difficulties in understanding exist, using observation, listening and empathy.
- To use negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations
- To assess, develop and implement specialist speech and language therapy intervention as appropriate.
- To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment and design appropriate treatment based on analysis of profile of need.
- To analyse and interpret complex information relating to patients and to service provision in order to plan patient care and service development.
- To devise care protocols for children with disabilities, including those with AAC and dysphagia requirements.
- To use skills and knowledge to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
- Able to plan, organise and prioritise own workload, clinical and non-clinical.
- To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager, including participation in working groups, policy development groups To contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building and policy development, advising on the implementation of AAC systems and relevant areas of the curriculum.
- To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
- To participate in the development of local clinical guidelines informed by evidence for clinical specialism.
- To participate in the implementation of service/Trust Clinical Governance Plan.
- To take delegated lead on the implementation of team objectives or projects in liaison with peers.
- To advise line manager on issues of service delivery including shortfall, and service pressures, and clinical risk.

**Requirements of the Speech and Language Therapist/SLT**:

- Degree or equivalent within Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registration
- Recent UK/NHS post qualifying experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist

**Contact**:
**Reasonable Adjustments**:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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