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Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Adult
4 months ago
We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to our stroke in-patient team in Torbay. You will be supported by our specialists in stroke care. Are you dynamic, self-motivated and innovative in your approach to speech and language therapy?
We need a positive and compassionate therapist with excellent clinical skills, who enjoys working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. We want someone who is ready to be developing their Specialist skills in stroke and neuro rehab and is confident and organised, who will work with colleagues from across the organisation.
To independently manage a caseload of acute patients on the stroke wards and on the general wards with highly complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice
To prioritise and respond to referrals, allocating to less experienced colleagues and exercising professional judgement based on extended clinical experience
Why Work With Us
We work as part of an integrated care organisation, the first in the UK, serving rural and urban communities in South Devon. The demography has a high elderly population
We provide well led acute, community and specialist services, to people from the local area, and were one of the first to run therapist led FEES clinics in the UK
Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and support for our clinicians
Communication and working relationships
Maintain close collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team
through joint working and effective communication regarding treatment aims,
progress and discharge planning (providing written reports and referrals as
appropriate)
Provide appropriate and timely information to all relevant members of the
healthcare team regarding patients’ rehabilitative requirements and changes in
progress and communicate complex condition-related information to clients,
carers, families and members of the MDT in a way that is accessible and
easily understood. This will include the use of facilitative strategies for people
with communication and/or cognitive disorders and other barriers to
understanding
To provide expert advice to enable professionals and carers to provide clear
explanations when the patient’s levels of understanding and ability to
communicate their wishes are severely affected e.g. supporting patients to
give informed consent for complex procedures and life choices and power of
attorney
To be responsible for updating notes within the patients care setting,
departmental notes, and a range of report writing including for legal purposes,
and dissemination of findings to appropriate professionals and relevant others
To contribute to clinical teams, both multi
- and uni-disciplinary, by discussing
and negotiating own and others’ input around patients’ needs, ensuring a well co
- ordinated care plan and pathway. To ensure patients and families are
aware of voluntary and support agencies
To negotiate with carers/patients and professionals around individual case
diagnosis and management where others have less specialist knowledge
and/or experience in relation to SLCD and swallowing disorders (dysphagia),
and differences of professional judgement can occur e.g. over or under
estimation of patients’ understanding which would affect goals for treatment
and life choices, and/or texture of foods which can be eaten safely
Liaise with the Head of Speech and Language Therapy Service and Adult
Service Clinical Manager of Torbay and South Devon Healthcare NHS
Foundation Trust (TSDHFT) regarding the provision of Speech and Language
Therapy services
Communicate with relevant others.
Planning and organisation
To independently manage a caseload of in-patients with highly complex
speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with
reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best
practice
To be responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy
service alongside SLT colleagues
To prioritise and respond to referrals, allocating to less experienced colleagues
and exercising professional judgement based on extended clinical experience
Provide appropriate and timely information to all relevant members of the
healthcare team regarding patients’ speech and language therapy
requirements and changes in progress
Identify patient priorities and choices and plan intervention to accurately
incorporate these wishes
Explore the use of remote therapy and be able to flex into this form of therapy
if service need dictates
Submit regular data about activity levels as required
Analytical and judgement
To identify, collect, analyse, and interpret highly complex case related
information and data from medical notes, patients, carers and other relevant
sources in order to reach a differential diagnoses on the basis
