Speech and Language Therapist

3 months ago

Guildford, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Limited Full time

Job summary

In this role, you will act as lead clinician across acute services (Inpatient and Home Treatment Team) for working age adults, by ensuring both communication and dysphagia pathways are developed and followed by all staff, training and clinical supervision is provided and standards of service provision are set, monitored and maintained. This role will promote good communication standards so that people who use the service, and their families and carers, are involved in decisions about their own care and the service in a way they wish to be.

Main duties of the job

As the team lead, you will be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of clinical work and care and to maintain high standards of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the HCPC Code of Conduct, professional guidelines and Trust Policies and Procedures. It will be your duty to develop and promote a communication pathway that provides assessment, advice and intervention in order to promote choice making, joint decision making, shared risk management and joint care planning. You will provide recommendations for all staff working with individuals with speech, language and communication needs and support the service to make reasonable adjustments for individuals with speech, language and communication needs who require treatment for a mental health condition.

The post is suitable for someone who is passionate about contributing to a high quality and holistic approach as part of a multidisciplinary team to support people who use our services.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job description

Job responsibilities

Some of the main Responsibilities of the role include the following

To develop a safe and effective dysphagia service that provides dysphagia assessment, advice, and intervention in order to stabilise and/or reduce associated clinical risks on oral intake, make recommendations regarding environment, positioning, dysphagia techniques and/or texture modification of diet and fluids.

To develop and promote a communication pathway that provides assessment, advice and intervention in order to promote choice making, joint decision making, shared risk management, joint care planning.

To provide recommendations for all staff working with individuals with speech, language and communication needs.

To support the service to make reasonable adjustments for individuals with speech, language and communication needs who require treatment for a mental health condition.

To develop systems to respond to communication and dysphagia referrals in a timely and safe manner.

To provide specialist advice to Speech & Language Therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider Trust through case discussion, formal consultation, clinical supervision and education.

To support the organisation through the provision of resources, training, and education in the area of communication, dysphagia and mental health.

To undertake violence reduction training to develop skills to be able to respond to local alarms and emergency situations when raised, assisting with restraints to keep people on the wards safe.

Use Violence Reduction techniques and de-escalation skills in managing own safety on the unit.

To deal with repeated and varied interruptions from staff and patients as well as the unpredictable nature of working in an acute mental health setting.

Show empathy and reassurance to patients, carers and relatives when imparting sensitive information and be able to deal with exposure to clients with complex learning and emotional needs such as distressed, anxious, psychotic and aggressive patients and dealing with behavioural difficulties and those problems associated with substance misuse.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

To be successful in applying for this role you will need: Relevant post qualification clinical experience working with people who have mental health needs Experience of leading clinical practice, service development or project work. Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models for people with mental health needs Experience of providing clinical supervision to others

Qualifications

Essential

Speech and Language Therapy professional qualification and further training and experience to masters level or equivalent A qualification in the assessment and management of dysphagia

Qualification Evidence

Essential

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of: Relevant Qualifications Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

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