Speech & Language Therapist - Adults, Camden Community

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the Camden Neurology and Stroke Service. The post is a 1.0 WTE (full time) community post with the base at St Pancras Hospital which is part of CNWL. 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for:

• delivering high quality and effective Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions against a framework of national and local best practice guidelines;
• supporting and supervising other SLTs, Rehabilitation Assistants, and students within the team;
• leading service development and quality improvement projects;
• deputising for and supporting the Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist as needed.
  
  

Working for our organisation

The Camden Neurology and Stroke Service aims to:

• prioritise evidence-based ways of delivering our service;
• provide a high quality service for all patients;
• support and nurture colleagues and team-members;
• challenge and continually improve our own practice in line with local and national strategic drivers for change.
  
  

The team includes Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Neuropsychologists and Rehabilitation Assistants. Team members work in an inter-disciplinary way to provide client-centred, goal-focused therapy to patients in the community. 

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, effective, highly specialist speech and language therapy service to people with a diverse range of diagnoses presenting with communication and/or swallowing difficulties living in the community in Camden.

Please See Attached Job Description.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification
• Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Successful completion of advanced practitioner post- graduate study relevant to field (e.g. dysphagia, counselling, leadership, aphasia)
• Successful completion of highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to field (e.g. training the trainer, clinical governance, progressive neurological disorders, AAC, palliative care)
• Membership of, and active participation in, relevant Clinical Excellence Networks, e.g. CEN Community, CEN Counselling
• Supervision and appraisal methods
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Of working at a specialist level with people with neurological disorder
• Delivering specialist training to a range of audiences
• Working in multidisciplinary/multiagency teams
• Working in the community
• Supervision of students/support workers
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Carrying out evidence based audit and research projects
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Communicate complex, sensitive information
• Interpret a range of assessments relevant to the clinical field, including instrumental assessment of swallowing function, phonemic transcription, and formal language tests.
• Critically evaluate published research within a specific area of clinical expertise
• Skills in delivering presentations and training , including basic adaptations to presentation / training style for a range of audiences
• Working in teams
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Of a highly specialist range of assessment tools and procedures to evaluate communication and swallowing difficulties in people with neurological disorders
• Of the key characteristics leading to a highly specialist differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing difficulties in people with neurological disorders
• Of selecting, setting & evaluating highly specialist treatment goals
• Of a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to people with neurological disorders demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
• The application of highly specialist knowledge of local cultural, linguistic & demographic factors to the management of a caseload of people with neurological disorders and their carers
• Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches to patient care
• Of approaches to mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and support staff and students in training
• Basic qualitative & quantitative approaches to audit and research
• Good understanding of clinical governance principles
• Development and implementation of short term clinically based projects
• Approaches to support patients & carers with challenging behaviour, mental health needs or in high levels of distress
  
  

Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to reflect on practice
• Flexibility