Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job description

Main area Community Stroke Rehab - Speech Therapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Weekends may be included in future) Job ref 391-NMUH-1937-AB-D

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Michael's Hospital Town Enfield Salary £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum, (pro rata) inclusive of Outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/2025 23:59

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 6

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Band 6)

Are you a dedicated Speech and Language Therapist looking to take your skills to the next level? Join our friendly and supportive Community Stroke Rehab Team.

Why Join Us?

Our Community Stroke Rehab Team provides specialist rehabilitation for Enfield residents recovering from stroke. You'll work closely with a fantastic multidisciplinary team that includes occupational therapists, physiotherapists, neuropsychologists and rehabilitation assistants.

We offer:

• In-service team training to support your professional development
• Effective supervision to guide your growth
• External training opportunities to expand your expertise.

Please note: A valid driver's licence is essential for this role as you'll be working in patients' homes and local communities.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• RCSLT-recognised Diploma/Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Postgraduate dysphagia qualification
• Experience of working in NHS settings with acquired neurological conditions
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage complex situations
• Confident in delivering education and training to patients, carers and colleagues

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're passionate about supporting stroke patients in their recovery journey and want to be part of a dedicated, dynamic team, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help shape the future of stroke rehabilitation in Enfield.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients presenting with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties, including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies following stroke: using a high level of clinical reasoning and assessment techniques to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis.
• Where the service is available, to identify and refer patients for video fluoroscopy and other objective swallowing assessment techniques.
• To utilise an extensive knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options to select and deliver a specialised speech & language therapy programme to individual patients and plan their successful discharge.
• To take responsibility for a delegated caseload, ensuring that the MDT is fully involved as required.
• To ensure that patients and carers are involved in the planning of their care and rehabilitation, using negotiation skills as appropriate.
• To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• To provide education and training relevant to communication and dysphagia rehabilitation to MDT colleagues, patients, carers and families, as well as support community care workers with supporting these needs.

Working for our organisation

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• RCSLT Recognised Diploma/Degree in SLT
• Evidence of up to date RCSLT CPD portfolio
• RCSLT attendance at relevant post-graduate courses

Skills and abilities

• Ability to prioritise, organise and work in a busy environment
• Competent IT skills- evidence of use of basic Microsoft packages
• Able to manage complex situations e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers effectively and appropriately
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Good communication skills, able to present information (written and oral) in a clear and logical manner
• Experience of organising internal or external training courses

Experience

• Minimum 18 months - 2 years post graduate clinical experience
• Clinical experience working in NHS
• Experience working with patients with acquired neurological conditions
• Experience working in outpatients and/or community MDT settings
• Participation in project/audit activities
• Experience of assessment and implementation of low and high-tech Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)

Personal Qualities/ Knowledge/ Awareness/ Understanding

• Well developed knowledge of evidence based assessment and therapeutic approaches for patients with acquired medical conditions
• A good working knowledge of the NHS systems of care and awareness of current NHS policies and issues which impact on the SLT profession and delivery of care.
• Awareness of own knowledge and developmental needs and learning style
• Extensive knowledge base underpinning broad SLT skills.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to NMUH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

If you are anEU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.

If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Helen Plum Job title Adult Community Therapies Operational Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07967 884401