Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; New Addington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to lead the CAMHS neurodevelopment pathway. You will manage a dysfluency caseload and independently diagnose and treat children with fluency disorders, including those with EHCPs, delivering tailored specialist interventions.

You will provide expert guidance to families and carers, work within an integrated therapies team, and drive innovative, evidence-based management plans for children within CAMHS

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day running of the SLT service in CAMHS neurodevelopment.
• Manage caseload in dysfluency with waiting list development.
• Independently diagnose and treat children with fluency disorders, including EHCP cases.
• Design and deliver specialist interventions and care plans for CAMHS neurodevelopment.
• Provide training and guidance to families, carers and SLT colleagues.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated care.

Skills

SLT specialization

Communication skills

Clinical leadership

Job description

An overview of responsibilities for the Speech and Language Therapy role in CAMHS - neurodevelopment pathway:

• To take responsibility for the day to day running of the Speech and Language Therapy service working with CAMHS - in the neurodevelopment pathway.
• To have a comprehensive overview of the caseload in the designated area of Dysfluency for service development for waiting list management.
• To independently manage and make differential diagnoses for a caseload of clients with delays and disorders in fluency. This includes clients with/without an Education, Health and Care plan.
• To devise and deliver appropriate specialist intervention/care plans/enhanced models of SLT for clients in CAMHS - in the neurodevelopment pathway and provide suitable and timely support.
• To provide highly specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents, carers, students and SLT team in all aspects of management of children in CAMHS - in the neurodevelopment pathway.
• To work as part of the integrated therapies multi-disciplinary team ensuring the delivery of joined up care plans.
• To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred to CAMHS - in the neurodevelopment pathway, including assessment, differential diagnoses and treatment.
• Following assessment, and utilising highly specialist knowledge and skills, design and develop evidence based treatment and specialist management/ support programmes to be implemented within the multi-disciplinary teams and the clients family.
• Make differential diagnosis on the basis of assessment evidence providing advice when appropriate.
• Monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of communication and adapting and facilitate treatment programmes.
• Develop appropriate assessments and treatment programmes and create appropriate resources for therapeutic intervention.
• Adapt and facilitate treatment programmes and the use of augmentative communication systems according to clients perceived needs.
• Maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients/carers when imparting complex/distressing information regarding the nature of the clients difficulties and the impact on individuals and their families.
• Work closely with clients, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/client management.
• Maintain a high level of concentration in all aspects of patient care.
• Be responsible for establishing innovative practices in speech and language development through clinical leadership whilst ensuring optimum use of
  

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.