Communication Expert

7 days ago

Mitcham, Greater London, United Kingdom Central London Community Health Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Speech and Language Therapist to join our team at Central London Community Health Trust. As a Clinical Specialist, you will play a key role in providing a comprehensive Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy service to children with complex communication needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work closely with other members of the multi-professional team, including Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Physiotherapists, Nurses, and Support Workers, to provide a seamless service aiming to improve and maintain functional communication and eating/drinking skills.
  • Identify clients who need support from other agencies, using clinical reasoning and analysis skills, and liaise with, and refer clients to these services as appropriate.
  • Analyse auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic aspects of clients' communication and identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness and safe eating and drinking.
  • Carry out specialist physical examination of the orofacial process, including the mechanism of eating and swallowing.
  • Make appropriate clinical decisions following highly specialist assessment, using evidence-based practice and outcome measurement to provide the most effective treatment to clients and their families within clearly defined care plans.
  • Adapt practice to meet individual clients' and families' circumstances, including due regard for specific clinical conditions affecting their speech and language and/or cognitive, cultural, religious, and linguistic differences.
  • Ensure that clients, families, and carers are involved in the planning and prioritization of their care plans wherever possible.
  • Motivate clients and families/carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
  • Demonstrate clinical effectiveness by using evidence-based practice and outcome measures relevant to the field, in particular in the field(s) of specialization.
  • Form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.
  • Work flexibly as the service may require across all required teams and sites.
  • Produce reports regarding clients' needs, reflecting highly specialist knowledge, summarizing proposed care plans, and ensuring that these are integrated into the clients' care as appropriate.
  • Deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
Person Specification
  • Recognized SLT degree or equivalent.
  • Current AHP with UK HCPC registration.
  • Member of a relevant Clinical Excellence Network.
  • Evidence of competence in managing complex dysphagic patients, including those requiring enteral feeding.
  • Evidence of relevant post-registration education and training, such as SCERTS, VERVE, Intensive Interaction, Attention Autism, Hanen, Gestalt Language Processing, AAC, Dysphagia, Infant Feeding, Breastfeeding, Tracheostomy.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
  • Evidence of relevant post-registration education and training, such as SCERTS, VERVE, Intensive Interaction, Attention Autism, Hanen, Gestalt Language Processing, AAC, Dysphagia, Infant Feeding, Breastfeeding, Tracheostomy.
  • Experience working with families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
  • Experience of working and liaising with other MDT professionals.
  • Experience of working within a community paediatric SLT service.
  • Experience of working through the RCSLT NQP and dysphagia frameworks with junior SLTs.
Key Skills and Knowledge
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening, and empathy skills.
  • Independence in managing dysphagia within a paediatric population.
  • Experience in using a range of assessment techniques for managing patients with dysphagia and complex needs.
  • Good analytical and organizational ability.
  • Ability to listen effectively and provide constructive feedback to families and colleagues.
  • Ability to identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others.

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