Senior Speech and Language Therapist

2 months ago

Orpington, Greater London, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Speech and Language Therapist to join our Neurorehabilitation team at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. As a Team Lead, you will provide day-to-day leadership to the team and work closely with multidisciplinary professionals to deliver high-quality care to patients with complex communication and swallowing disorders.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage an autonomous caseload for the Neurorehabilitation service, including assessment, differential diagnosis, and specialist SLT management for patients with acquired communication and swallowing disorders.
  • Provide highly specialist input into policies and protocols regarding the management of patients seen by the Speech and Language Therapy Neurorehabilitation team and wider service.
  • Act as a link between all SLTs involved in treating patients in Neurorehabilitation beds and jointly lead the team to ensure the patient receives treatment from the most appropriate therapist.
  • Work closely with the multidisciplinary team in Neurorehabilitation to assess, plan, and provide rehabilitation goals and programmes, negotiating length of stay and discharge arrangements as appropriate.
  • Coordinate and promote communication developments under the guidance of a senior therapist, developing and delivering training on supporting communication and advising on environmental changes that support those with communication difficulties.
  • Act as Rehabilitation Coordinator as appropriate.
  • Provide complex and sensitive clinical information to patients and carers in clear, accessible, and empathetic format, both in written and verbal form.
  • Contribute to instrumental assessments (VF/FEES) and assist in the training and supervision of other SLT staff in these assessments as appropriate.
  • Introduce low and high-tech communication aids as appropriate and train the patient, their family, and friends, and the staff on using alternative and augmentative communication aid systems or refer on to the communication aid therapist at Bowley Close.

Person Specification

Essential

  • BSc or recognised postgraduate MSc or diploma in speech and language therapy.
  • Registration with the Health Professions Council.
  • Postgraduate training in dysphagia management.

Desirable

  • Member of RCSLT.
  • Leadership and management training course(s).

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of adult acquired brain injury in a rehabilitation setting, including managing own swallowing and communication caseload and using a range of assessment and therapy techniques.
  • Experience of specialist assessment and differential diagnosis with a complex caseload.
  • Experience of risk identification and management, including multidisciplinary liaison and decision-making.

Desirable

  • Good knowledge of communication aids and computer-based communication therapy programmes.
  • Presentation at CENs/Membership of CEN committee (A&I).

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Highly motivated and able to demonstrate ability to lead designated clinical area.
  • Clinical supervision and line management skills.
  • Ability to work at a senior level in partnership with other professionals and agencies.
  • Ability to plan and implement appropriate highly specialist treatment packages.

Desirable

  • Evidence of professionally written and spoken public presentation skills.

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