Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Stroke

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greenhill; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a highly skilled Speech and Language Therapist to join our expert team delivering specialist dysphagia assessment and rehabilitation across acute medicine, surgery, critical care and respiratory pathways.

You will contribute to advanced clinical practice, supervise students and junior staff, and support service development and quality improvement to meet national stroke standards.

Qualifications

• Advanced dysphagia assessment and rehabilitation approaches.
• Instrumental swallowing assessments and multidisciplinary decision-making.
• Clinical leadership and supervision of staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialist SLT service for adults with communication and swallowing disorders following stroke.
• Lead advanced assessment and management of dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria and cognitive-communication disorders.
• Support safe discharge planning and service development aligned with national stroke standards.

Job description

We are a friendly, ambitious and highly supportive Speech and Language Therapy team providing specialist services across acute medicine and surgery, critical care and respiratory pathways at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is passionate about clinical excellence, innovation and professional development. Whether you are looking to develop advanced clinical or leadership competencies, you will be supported by experienced clinicians committed to helping you achieve your career goals. What makes us different? Access to a wide range of specialist dysphagia assessment and rehabilitation approaches, including robust access to including Videofluoroscopy and FEES, Cough Reflex Testing, Phagenyx, EMST and other evidence-based rehabilitation interventions. There are opportunities to learn from and collaborate with specialist colleagues across SLT Head & Neck Cancer, Stroke, Critical Care, Acute Medicine and Outpatient Services, providing a rich and varied clinical experience. We have a strong culture of supervision, mentorship and peer support, with regular opportunities for joint working and shared learning and support to pursue quality improvement, research, service development and leadership opportunities., The post holder will provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service for adults with communication and swallowing disorders following stroke across the Hyperacute Stroke Unit and Stroke Unit. Responsibilities include advanced assessment and management of dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria and cognitive-communication disorders, contributing to instrumental swallowing assessments, leading complex multidisciplinary decision-making, and supporting safe discharge planning. The role also provides clinical leadership for the stroke SLT service, including supervision of staff and students, service development, audit, quality improvement, training, and implementation of evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes and meet national stroke standards.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people. We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.