Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist with advanced clinical skills to be part of the established and expanding Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) in Central Lancashire. The CNRT provides ongoing rehab to patients within the Chorley, South Ribble and Greater Preston locality with predominantly Stroke and ABI diagnosis. Referrals to the team are mainly from the acute hospital, inpatient setting, however referrals from the third sector are also accepted.

The team has an active involvement with the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation Delivery Network and is currently working towards the implementation of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Stroke Service Specification.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, versatile, innovative individual with a commitment to working within an interdisciplinary environment, who has experience of working with patients with stroke and neurological conditions. You will be offered regular supervision by a highly experienced therapist to support you to develop and expand on your existing skills and knowledge. You will be responsible for the assessment, treatment planning and management of rehabilitation programmes for a wide variety of clinical presentations and will be responsible for delegation to generic rehabilitation assistants and support them in the delivery of this rehabilitation. You will have autonomy in managing your caseload and diary.

Main duties of the job

1. To be responsible for the assessment, treatment, planning and delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation interventions.
2. To work as part of the rehabilitation and or stroke/neurological service line and be responsible for assessment and management of a clinical caseload of patients with complex needs.
3. To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate an appropriate hypothesis and to determine a diagnosis and appropriate management plan.
4. To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of evidence-based treatment skills and options to formulate highly specialised interventions and programmes of care, which may include working with staff across organisational boundaries.
5. To promote health and reduce inequalities for all patients accessing the service, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health education and social well-being.
6. Contribute to clinical leadership and supervision facilitating a culture of learning and reflective practice within podiatry.
7. Document and evidence patient outcomes.
8. To lead/contribute to training and development programmes as appropriate to the knowledge and skills of the individual, delivering to other professionals both within and outside the NHS and service users.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Current professional registration with HPC as a speech therapist and responsibility for maintaining this Registration
• Evidence of CPD in related field of clinical expertise.
• Post graduate qualification in specialist field

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance.
• In-depth understanding of current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents.
• Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks - policy and procedure.

Experience

• Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical speciality
• Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
• Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change
• Supervision and/or mentoring of staff/students.
• Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working.
• Highly advanced and specialised practice skills in field of expertise.

Personal

• Awareness, understanding and competency to operate equipment according to local operating procedures and Medical Device regulations.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist