Speech and Language Therapist

Black Country Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Stourbridge; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to assess, diagnose and manage communication and swallowing needs in community settings under supervision. You will undertake formal and informal assessments, document findings and contribute to care plans within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

The role offers CPD support, regular supervision and opportunities to work across community and inpatient pathways, helping reduce hospital admissions.

Responsibilities

• Collect detailed case history information
• Perform informal assessment and observation
• Undertake clinical work with individuals and groups
• Use formal standardised assessment and informal assessment procedures
• Read and abide by risk assessments relating to patients of the service
• Communicate assessment and therapeutic findings within the multi-disciplinary team
• Complete contemporaneous case notes and written clinical information completion according to Trust procedures
• Undertake clinical work with individuals and groups of clients with guidance from senior SLT
• Develop coordinated multidisciplinary programmes of care / care packages
• Make decisions leading to SLT review or discharge of clients and/or referral to other services, as appropriate
• Is responsible for managing own community clinical caseload under guidance of a more senior clinician

Job description

Assess, diagnose and manage the communication and/or swallowing needs of patients receiving clinical assessment and intervention in community settings. Responsible for initial patient diagnosis and assessment under the supervision of a senior SLT clinician:

• Collection of detailed case history information
• Informal assessment and observation
• Undertakes clinical work with individuals and groups of clients
• Uses formal standardised assessment and informal assessment procedures
• Reads and abides by risk assessments relating to patients of the service
• Communicates assessment and therapeutic findings within the multi-disciplinary team
• Completes contemporaneous case notes and written clinical information completion according to Trust procedures
• Undertakes clinical work with individuals and groups of clients with guidance from senior SLT
• Develops coordinated multidisciplinary programmes of care / care packages
• Makes decisions leading to SLT review or discharge of clients and/or referral to other services, as appropriate
• Is responsible for managing own community clinical caseload under guidance of a more senior clinician

We are a forward-thinking, friendly and supportive Trust with dedicated therapy services. We have therapy staff working across the service within the community, enhanced inpatient settings and pathway teams reducing hospital admissions across the Black Country.

Continuing professional development is actively supported via annual appraisals, opportunities to attend webinars/courses, regular clinical supervision opportunities and through networking and skill sharing with therapy colleagues from across the service.

The Trust has friendly and down-to-earth 'bostin' staff teams, a comprehensive wellbeing offer for staff and an embedded set of values and behaviours. Our community Learning Disability services are a particular strength of multi-disciplinary working and support for a vulnerable client group.