Title
Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Grade
Band 7
Responsible to
Operational Clinical Lead
Accountable to:
Professional lead for adult speech and language therapy head of initial response therapy team
Job summary:
The successful incumbent is a Specialist to assess, develop, treat and discharge adult clients referred with communication and swallowing difficulties within the community and the university hospital departments.
Focus:
The main focus of this post is to serve patients who need to be seen in their home setting. To work as a member of the team, to provide an efficient, effective and coordinated speech and language therapy service.
Key responsibilities
- Patient/client care
- Policy/service development/implementation
- Human resources
- Information resources
- Freedom to act
- Financial and physical resources
- Research and development
- Analytical and judgmental skills
- Planning and organizational skills
- Information resources
Training, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Trust Consent
- Treatment Policies
- Multi-disciplinary teams
- RCSLT
- Advanced knowledge and application of EQ and AQ
- HCPC code of professional conduct
- HCAIS
- CPR
- Protocols and Procedures Are Available on The Trust Intranet Under Child Protection
- Trust Infection Control Policy
- Plan, run and evaluate client and carer groups
- Provide and attend specialist training of clinical expertise
- Facilitate development and provide mentoring advice and support to junior therapists, assistants and volunteers
- Assessing, developing and implementation
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Analysing and reporting
- Advanced communication
- Physical skills
- Phonetic transcription (IPA)
- Video Fluoroscopy
- Stakeholder engagement e.g. - AHP
- Deglutition and Dysphagia
- VFSS
- FEES
- Speech Impediments and/or Disabilities
- Community home visits
Qualifications / Education / Training
- Recognized Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council – License to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master’s degree equivalent
Relevant/ Knowledge/ Awareness
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed Negotiation and Problem-solving Skills
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Well-developed concentration skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organizational skills
- Good Auditory Discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities
- Well-established knowledge of a broad range assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
- To employ highly specialist interventions for patients/clients and carers who have severe disability and/or terminal illness on a daily basis; and evaluate outcomes.
- In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Knowledge of AAC
Environment Disclaimer - Working conditions
- The nature, level, frequency and duration of the physical effort (sustained effort at a similar level or sudden explosive effort) required for the job.
- Mental effort: The nature, level, frequency and duration of the mental effort required for the job (for example concentration; responding to unpredictable work patterns, interruptions and the need to meet deadlines).
- Emotional effort: The nature, level, frequency and duration demand of the emotional effort required to undertake clinical or non-clinical duties that are generally considered to be distressing and/or emotionally demanding.
- The nature, level, frequency and duration of demands arising from inevitably adverse environmental conditions (such as extreme heat/cold, smells, noise, and fumes) and unavoidable hazards (such as road traffic accidents, spills of harmful chemicals, aggressive behavior of patients, clients, relatives, carers)