Band 7 Speech & Language Therapist

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for three roles as a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist at a leading national center in London. The successful candidates will provide specialized therapy in complex neuro-disability services, managing diverse patient needs and working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. This role offers a competitive salary and numerous wellbeing perks.

Benefits

Free counselling and therapy sessions

Wellbeing programs including yoga and pottery club

Financial support services

Wellbeing networks for Pride, Women’s, and Race Equality

Cycle2Work scheme

Tech purchase support scheme

Qualifications

• Must be a registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Ability to manage tracheostomy patients independently.
• Training in clinical supervision for SLT students is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialist SLT service targeting education and intervention.
• Work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, contributing to patient care.
• Lead service development projects within speech and language and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Communication disorders

Clinical assessment

Team leadership

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Health Care Professions Council license to practice

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 3 roles within our Speech and Language Team for the role of Band 7 SLT. The post holder is responsible for the provision of a highly specialist speech and language therapy (SLT) service involving the assessment, complex differential diagnosis, interpretation and management of specialist clinical areas in the specialism of complex neuro-disability and neuro-rehabilitation. This includes the management of tracheostomy, Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness and AAC. The RHN provides an on-site FEES service and has access to an external Videofluoroscopy Clinic.

The post holder will be responsible for a delegated clinical caseload across the Brain Injury Service and/or Continuing Care Service as required. Continuing Care includes the following services: Neuro-Behavioural Rehabilitation Unit, Ventilator Units, Young Disabled Unit, Huntingtons Disease Unit and Specialist Nursing Home. The post holder is a key member of the interdisciplinary team and works actively with other members in assessment, goal planning and intervention.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a flexible and prioritised autonomous highly specialist SLT service in the clinical specialisms, targeting intervention and education where needed.
• To work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, contributing to patient care plans and goal setting as appropriate.
• To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and skills in relevant clinical specialisms underpinned by current evidence based practice and outcome measures and to use this knowledge to continue to develop and improve service provision in liaison with the Clinical Lead for SLT, Therapy Manager and Head of Service. Specialist areas include
• To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to patients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions via attendance at multidisciplinary meetings, rehabilitation goal setting meetings and case conferences as required to enable a coordinated care plan. This will include supporting the patient, family and MDT with best interests decision making.
• To demonstrate the ability to identify own strengths and development needsand reflect on practicewith peers/ supervisor/ Professional Lead SLT.
• To provide supervision to more junior SLTs, SLTassistants and SLT students as well as providing advice and support to health care staff, SLT Technical Instructors and volunteers.
• To lead service development projects within the speechand language and multidisciplinary teams.

About us

The RHN is a leading national centre of excellence, providing adult person-centred services that span the entire care pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care, for people with complex Neuro-disability and their families, underpinned by a strong research and education programme.

Job responsibilities

Speech and Language Therapist (Band 7) - Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Job Title:Speech and Language Therapist Band 7

• One permanent, part time role (0.6fte/ 22.5 hours/wk)
• One fixed term 1 year contract, full time role (1fte/ 37.5hours/wk)
• One fixed term 1 year contract, part time role (0.6fte/ 22.5 hours/wk)

Salary range:£48,060 - £60,974 per annum FTE (dependent on experience/banding)

Location:Putney, Southwest London

• Free counselling and therapy sessions and other mental wellbeing support through our partner CIC Wellbeing
• Get involved in our free on-site wellbeing programs, including weekly yoga, and monthly pottery club (we are the UK’s only hospital with its own kiln)
• Financial support services such as low-interest loans and help with savings accounts through our partnership with London Capital Credit Union
• Join our wellbeing networks to connect with people in our hospital; we have a Pride network, Women’s network, and our Race Equality network. We also have heritage events to celebrate the diversity of our workforce – most recently we had a South East Asian celebration.
• More benefits: Cycle2Work scheme, tech purchase support scheme, Blue Light Card discounts, and more

Please note, to be eligible to apply for this role, you must have the Right to Work in the UK we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent; Health Care Professions Council license to practice; Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Membership of relevant special interest group /CEN

Experience

• Training in clinical supervision for SLT students, and able to supervise junior colleagues
• Good team member able to assume leadership responsibilities
• Experience in specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of adults presenting with a range of communication and swallowing disorders in a relevant field (Disorders of Consciousness, cognitive communication impairment, aphasia, locked in syndrome etc) including referring for instrumental swallowing examination where indicated.
• Experience of assessing communication in order to contribute to mental capacity assessments.
• Ability to manage tracheostomy patients independently
• Competent FEES assessor

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.