Lead Speech and Language Therapist

3 weeks ago

Lewisham, United Kingdom HRS Healthcare Ltd Full time

We are excited to present a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Speech and Language Therapist (experience equivalent to Band 8a) to join our supportive therapy team at the well sought-after Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit in London.

Located in trendy South East London, 10 minutes-walk away from the pretty cafes and boutiques of Greenwich, the unit has a 19-bed Level 1 Highly Specialist Cognitive-Behavioural ward and a Level 2 Neurorehabilitation ward with 18 beds. Both wards provide specialist treatment to patients with physical and cognitive impairments resulting from an acquired / traumatic brain injury.

You will work as part of an enthusiastic, supportive, and experienced multidisciplinary team (neurology, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, nursing, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, social workers) ensuring effective delivery of a highly specialist SLT service.

The Brain Injury Unit is a renowned centre for complex neurorehabilitation and is part of the Neuro Network (consisting of 25+ sites nationally) which has a focus on the use of clinical expertise, innovation, and technology to meet patients’ expectations of their rehabilitation goals.

There is a strong ethos of patient-centred high-quality care which drives clinical and administrative decision-making. There have been exciting new renovations to the wards and value is placed on staff wellbeing. As part of our commitment to the continuing professional development of our team, we offer support and funding towards postgraduate training.

If you are passionate about neurological rehabilitation, delivering high-quality patient care and enjoy working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, we want to hear from you

**What you'll be working**:
Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Lead and manage the Speech and Language team, ensuring effective delivery of the highly specialist SLT service.
- Plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseload.
- Provide advanced specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing.
- Take a lead role in diagnosis, problem formulation and planning of rehabilitation programmes within the MDT.
- Provide intervention as part of an MDT approach and lead and implement MDT service developments.
- Evaluate effectiveness of interventions using valid and reliable outcome measures and adherence to UKROC Database measures
- Ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, the MDT and external agencies).
- Develop and deliver in-service education and training programme for the wider MDT.
- Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights.

As a member of the senior management team, you will promote a culture of openness and responsiveness to the views of patients and relatives, a philosophy of person-centred care and recovery, and an ethos of positive learning from incidents within a high performing service.

**What you'll have**:

- HCPC registration
- Postgraduate dysphagia training
- At least 2 years’ experience of working at Band 7 level in a neurorehabilitation setting
- Ability to manage a complex case load independently with proven expertise in the field of neurorehabilitation

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £56,000.00-£62,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lewisham, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Speech therapy: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- HCPC (required)

Work Location: In person

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