Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced therapist to join the SLT team working within the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Service. The service provides levels 1 and 2 neurorehabilitation to a complex caseload of patients with acquired neurological conditions. Patients receive multidisciplinary input, following a patient-centred goal planning model. The service includes inpatient centres at St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, and an outpatient service based at Queen Mary's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be part of a progressive and supportive speech and language and multidisciplinary team. Great emphasis is placed on supervision and professional development. Experience working in neurology or neurorehabilitation, as part of a team is essential. Experience in working with aphasia, cognitive communication disorder, dysarthria, apraxia, and dysphagia is necessary. Working with families is an important part of the work. Excellent communication skills are essential and an interest in the process as well as the outcomes of rehabilitation is desirable.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences, and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
• Evidence of completion of specialist short courses and self-directed study

Experience

• Relevant experience as a Speech & Language Therapist
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Knowledge and Skills

• Well established knowledge of a range of assessment tools relevant to specific client group with speech, language, communication, and swallowing difficulties
• Well established knowledge of a range of therapeutic and management approaches relevant to client group
• Well established knowledge of dysphagia assessment and management
• Established knowledge of neuroanatomy and physiology as relevant to this post
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates excellent concentration, analytical, and reflection skills
• Good interpersonal skills - including observation, listening, and empathy skills
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills
• Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
• Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
• Competent with IT skills
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and the implications for SLT
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
• Knowledge of standards of record keeping
• Good written and spoken English

Personal Attributes

• Team player
• Physically fit to meet requirements of post

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£44,806 to £53,134 a year pro-rata includes HCAS (inner)